In what was a little covered story, the America hating Trump regime was humiliated by the United Nations Security Council, yesterday 15 August, 2020.
At issue was the expiry of the 2007 arms embargo, a “carrot” part of the Iran nuclear deal. The Trump administration claimed that the embargo should not expire because of their declaration that Iran is a terrorist state. Trump’s de-facto boss, Russia argued the U.S. has no place presenting resolutions on a deal that it walked away from. The normally loyal European Union allies expressed concern that extending the embargo would cause Iran to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
In what was a little covered story, the America hating Trump regime was humiliated by the United Nations Security Council, yesterday 15 August, 2020. At issue was the expiry of the 2007 arms embargo, a “carrot” part of the Iran nuclear deal....
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Oh, this is way worth repeating:
"The US has no place presenting resolutions on a deal it walked away from"
And if Russia and China start selling them weapons tomorrow, we're going to do what again?
The purpose of the arms embargo is to try to prevent all the wars in the ME Iran is funding, but once again the UN shows itself to be irrelevant to the cause of peace.
Wrong. Do you honestly believe that arms embargo will stop any war in ME?
If Iran wants war today and there are no arms embargoes. Why not start a war today? Russians are the main supplier of arms and technologies to Iran and Syria for decades. These are neighbors... Do you think arm embargo will stop any of that?
Arms embargo and his sanctions are both Bullshit.
Best policy is a good approach policy. Strong arms policy as a bully is the worst policy you can imagine. That’s Trump.
Clearly, the UN embargo hasn't prevented Iran to start wars all across the ME, and it is clear that Russia hasn't abided by the UN embargo, but it did prevent western European countries from selling weapons to Iran and that did slow down Iran's ability to make war against other countries in the ME. With the end of the embargo, the UN is now entirely irrelevant to the issue of peace in the ME.
However the good news is US sanctions have devastated Iran's economy and thrown it into a deep recession that grows deeper everyday, so Iran's ability to purchase advanced weapons systems is extremely limited, the secondary sanctions will continue to limit the desire of European companies to do business with Iran. However gleeful you may feel about the idea the US has somehow been damaged by the UN vote the only practical result of the vote is that the UN has now withdrawn from the issues of peace in the ME.
They just launched a military satellite this year. They now have the capabilities to track US military movements in the regions especially the aircraft carrier. So tell me where and how did the sanctions impacted Iran?
January 8, 2020 Iran sent 12+ missiles in Al Anbar Iraq bombing US military barracks with pin point accuracy and with 2 hours advanced notice. They could have killed hundreds of US soldiers but they didn’t. Again So tell me how and what the sanctions impacted Iran.
They do not need to purchase nuclear materials because they have all the ingredients in house.
So the sanctions are just worthless.
Iran's GDP shrank by 9% last year and this year it will shrink by another 10% to 20%. It's currency is worthless outside of Iran, and its cash reserves of euros is practically gone, so Iran cannot buy anything from Russia or China. Iran has prioritized it military adventures across the ME over the welfare of its own people. You seem to think Iran needs a satellite to see a US aircraft carrier, but all they have to do to see one is look west into the Gulf.
Sanctions only hurts the civilians but the military still going strong. Why do you think they were able to launch satellites with the sanctions? Who do you think supplies Iran even with Trump sanctions? Iran’s satellite is not just to monitor aircraft carrier. That includes fighter jets and cruise missiles just incase you don’t know.
Like I already posted earlier. The key to Iran change are the younger generations vs the olds ayatollahs. But Trump screwed that up.
You're being silly. Iran doesn't need a satellite to see US fighters or missiles; they can just look up at the sky. Iranian civilians are suffering because the Iranian government has chosen to pay its various militias making war across the ME rather than take care of it civilian population. Any company anywhere is the world, state owned or not, that violates US sanctions on Iran loses access to the US market and US financial systems. So far both Russia and China have chosen not to openly violate US sanctions, but there may be some small back room deals that slip by.
Iran manufactures most of its own weapons and technologically they are two generations behind advanced countries like the US and Israel.
The embargo will continue to be maintained by US sanctions, and the UN has as usual shown itself to be useless.
Wrong again. Who are you again to define how and what they used their satellites? You are missing the point. With the sanctions they were able to do that. Do you see US fighters above Iran? Talking about silly.
Iran weapons are supplied by Russia keep that in mind. Several countries in the regions or other part of the world cannot even afford launch a missiles but they were able to launched satellite out in the orbit. Why do you think they were able to bomb US military barracks in Iraq with pin point accuracy even without the satellite with Trump sanctions.
You are more ignorant than I thought. Iranians sufferings are not because of the regime. They are suffering from Trump sanctions.
You keep making up shit to cover for your ignorance and bigotry. Russia has not been openly supplying Iran with weapons. Iran's air force is antiquated and it has only a few longer range missile of unproven reliability and only slightly more mid range missiles. There were built at home and not purchased from Russia. NK, not Russia, has helped Iran develop its missiles and its nuclear program. Every country in the ME has short range missiles of the kind Iran fired at the Iraqi base hosting US forces, so it was no technological achievement. The Iranian civilians are only suffering from sanctions because the government decided to spend its money to supply its militias in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen rather than feed its own people. However, US sanctions have cut so deeply into the Iranian economy that despite the government's decision to favor its foreign militia's it has been forced to cut back aid.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian militiamen paid by Iran have seen their salaries slashed. Projects Iran promised to help Syria’s ailing economy have stalled. Even employees of Hezbollah, the Lebanese group that has long served as
Iran’s closest Arab ally, say they have missed paychecks and lost other perks.
Iran’s financial crisis, exacerbated by
American sanctions, appears to be undermining its support for militant groups and political allies who bolster Iranian influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere.
“The golden days are gone and will never return,” said a fighter with an Iranian-backed militia in Syria who recently lost a third of his salary and other benefits. “Iran doesn’t have enough money to give us.”
Across the Middle East, Iran’s allies are showing signs of financial strain.
Iran’s financial crisis, worsened by American sanctions, has taken a toll on its allied Syrian militias and Hezbollah, who are showing signs of financial strain.
www.nytimes.com