Posted on 10/19/2020 2:42:44 PM PDT by BeauBo
Iran is now free to buy a range of previously restricted weapons, its government announced Sunday, hailing a "momentous day" as a 13-year-old U.N. arms embargo on the country was lifted as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — and against vociferous opposition from Washington.
The government in Tehran insists that any weapons purchases would be "based on its defensive needs," as allowed under the multilateral deal, from which the Trump administration withdrew in 2018. ..
That could mean selling weapons to its proxies, analysts say, including militant and political group Hezbollah, designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization.
"The legitimate concern when it comes to the lifting of the embargo is that Iran will be more capable of accessing weapons from states such as Russia and China, or selling weapons to non-state actors," Aniseh Tabrizi, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, told CNBC...
But there's one major problem for Iran: it's cash-strapped. Additionally, no number of jets or armored vehicles it can afford will enable it to match the conventional forces of its adversaries. And U.S. sanctions will likely again come into play to deter potential sellers.
But what Iran can now do is purchase new weapons parts to upgrade the systems it already has.
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Although the International arms embargo is lifted under the JCPOA (Iran Nuclear deal), the US has its own arms sanctions, that will deter many potential sellers.
And Iran is still (theoretically) restricted by the Nuclear deal with other countries, even though the USA has pulled out from it.
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I hear Vince Vance and the Valiants warming up.
Don’t worry. If Beijing Biden lands in the whitehouse, Jarret will see Iran gets all the arms they want
Never underestimate the power of human (and UN) stupidity.
So, is this why things have been blowing up left and right in Iran?
Time to withdraw from the UN and kick all those diplomats out!
U.N. notwithstanding, shoot down, sink or bomb any know arms /munitions transfers to IRN.
We have sanctions, will and teeth, unlike the U.N..
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Since the weapons of Iran tend to be used on Iranians, I suspect there will be a lot of finger food left on the trays.
UN just has to be wrong about everything.
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