{"id":272183,"date":"2020-10-18T02:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=272183"},"modified":"2020-10-18T02:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:53:59","slug":"un-arms-embargo-against-iran-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/18\/un-arms-embargo-against-iran-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"UN arms embargo against Iran ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242091\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242091\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/iran-4610902_1920-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The US upped the ante against Iran since withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement in 2018, by reinstalling sanctions. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 An arms embargo imposed since 2007 by the UN Security Council (UNSC) ended Sunday, according to Iran\u2019s foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<p>All restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry into or transit through territories of the UN member states previously imposed on a number of Iranian citizens and military officials, are automatically terminated, the ministry said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, the Islamic Republic of Iran may procure any necessary arms and equipment from any source without any legal restrictions and solely based on its defensive needs, and may also export defensive armaments based on its own policies,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a momentous day for the international community, which in defiance of the US regime\u2019s efforts, has protected UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),\u201d it added, referring to the landmark nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers.<\/p>\n<p>The US upped the ante against Iran since withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement in 2018, by reinstalling sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the beginning of 2020, tensions have escalated alarmingly with the Trump administration announcing a &#8220;maximum pressure&#8221; campaign to choke Iran\u2019s financial channels.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, after the demand for an extension of the arms embargo was rejected by the Security Council, the US announced the reinstatement of all UN sanctions against Iran.\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA\u00a0\u2013 An arms embargo imposed since 2007 by the UN Security Council (UNSC) ended Sunday, according to Iran\u2019s foreign ministry. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":242091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272184,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272183\/revisions\/272184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}