Russia says it need no longer obey UN restriction on missile technology for Iran

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Russia says it need no longer obey UN restriction on missile technology for Iran

Reuters
October 17, 2023 1:12 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Russia said it need no longer obey U.N. Security Council restrictions on giving missile technology to its ally Iran once they expire on Wednesday, without saying whether it now planned to support Tehran's missile development.

"Supplies to and from Iran of products falling under the Missile Technology Control Regime no longer require prior approval by the U.N. Security Council," Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The restrictions were defined in Resolution 2231 of 2015 endorsing a deal by which Britain, China, the European Union, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S. removed sanctions against Iran in return for Tehran curbing its nuclear programme.

In 2018, then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal, known as the JCPOA, leaving unilateral U.S. sanctions in place, and Iran subsequently accelerated its nuclear programme, which it says is purely peaceful.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-it-need-no-longer-obey-un-restriction-missile-technology-iran-2023-10-17/

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[Historic NY]

1. Time to get them off the Security Council then

[Eugene]

2. Good luck with that.

Russia is a member of the Permanent 5, holding veto power.
The UN Security Council only acts when the powers agree
to cooperate.

[Angleae]

4. Not entirely true

The USSR is one of the permanent 5, Russia just claims to hold their seat. Any other former soviet state has an equal claim, or for that matter, no claim since the USSR no longer exists. They can be removed by simple vote of the UN assembly.

[Dave Bowman]

3. Dear Russia

You are a pariah state ruled by a dictator accused of war crimes so go f*ck yourself.