UN arms embargo on Iran expires

IRAN’S Foreign Ministry said the country was self-reliant in its defence and had no need to go on a weapons buying spree as a UN conventional arms embargo was due to expire yesterday despite strong US opposition.

The 2007 Security Council arms embargo on Iran was due to expire yesterday as agreed to under the 2015 nuclear deal to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in return for economic sanctions relief. The US withdrew from the deal in 2018, and the Security Council rejected a US bid to extend the conventional arms embargo.