Iran warns of 'dangerous' US move as Trump mulls arms trade ban

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Publish Date: 18:50 - 18 September 2020
Friday, 18 September 2020_Iran has warned against Washington’s “dangerous” defiance of international law as the US has signaled that it seeks to illegally extend an expiring arms embargo on Iran.

Iran warns of 'dangerous' US move as Trump mulls arms trade banNabi Azadi, the political adviser to Iran's Permanent Mission to Geneva, made the comments in response to earlier remarks by Washington’s representative to the Geneva Disarmament Conference Robert Wood on Thursday.

The American envoy accused Iran of backing terrorism and said that Washington seeks to extend a United Nations ban on Tehran despite its expiration in October under UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the Iran nuclear deal in 2015.

Azadi rejected the statements, saying that such a move violates Resolution 2231 and amounts to an attempt to destroy multilateral bodies such as the UN after Washington failed to gain international backing to extend the embargo at the Security Council in August.

Azadi said US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats of using force against Iran are provocative and in violation of the UN Charter about prohibition of threat or use of force or serious threat to international peace and security.

The Iranian representative warned against serious consequences of Washington’s irresponsible policies and illegal actions, saying that Tehran will swiftly respond in kind to any act of aggression against the nation, sovereignty, territorial integrity and its national interests.

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