Iran Wants U.N. Arms Embargo Lifted

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 6, 2015 | By Jay Solomon

[Brad from Tennessee]

VIENNA—Iran is pushing for a United Nations arms embargo to be completely lifted as part of the international community’s moves to improve relations with Tehran in the wake of an emerging nuclear agreement, a senior Iranian diplomat said Monday.

The diplomat said his government wasn’t specifically linking the lifting of a U.N. ban on arms sales to a nuclear accord. But he said the U.S. and European Union no longer could justify placing curbs on Iran’s military and ballistic-missile programs.

“This issue does not belong to the nuclear file so the natural question is: What has been the reason for the inclusion of arms embargo in the resolution in the first place?” the official said. “So this is a question that should be posed to our European and American partners…What was the reason that you put this issue in the agenda of the Security Council?”

The demand is among the final issues still being negotiated between Iran and six world powers—Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S.

The Obama administration has set Tuesday as the deadline for concluding the talks. But U.S. and Iranian officials have suggested privately in recent days that the negotiations could extend to later in the week. . .

[Brad from Tennessee]

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[R_Kangel]

..... Lifting the Iran Arms Embargo sounds like a good solid start for Obama's new Nuclear negotiation strategy with Iran. Now if Obama could only get the Iranians to agree to not let any Nuclear inspectors in the country to inspect any Nuclear Facilities ...... I think John Kerry and Obama could find a good solid foundation for a Nuclear deal with Iran.

..... Of course getting the Iranians to agree to such restrictive conditions would be very difficult and would mean many sleepless seconds and perhaps even minutes during those tough hard ball negotiations but with the crack negotiating team of John F. Kerry and Barack Hussein Obama on the case .... there is no limit to what treasonous insanities they can accomplish.

[jsanders2001]

Well sure they do. And after that everything else. Never ever trust or take the word of a terrorist.

[Vermont Lt]

I would love to send them all of the arms they can handle.

They would have to be wearing pretty good catcher’s mitts.

[saintgermaine]

Why doesn’t the US just give Iran a dozen or so nuclear bombs from their surplus for them ready to use, whenever they like and get it over with. As in the end that’s just about what it amounts to.

[dfwgator]

People in Hell want ice water.