By Tsionizm Staff | June 6, 2020

US circles proposal to extend Iran arms embargo among Security Council members
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US Ambassador Kelly Craft said Friday she has shared a draft UN Security Council resolution with Russia that would extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said last month that Moscow will oppose any US attempts to extend the arms embargo, which expires on October 18, and reimpose UN sanctions on Iran.

Craft told a press briefing that she also shared the draft with the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Estonia and hopes to give the draft to the rest of the 15-member Security Council “pretty soon…”

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