TEHRAN, Oct 12 — Iran today said the US was facing a “historic” defeat as an arms embargo against Tehran is to be lifted within days despite Washington’s bid to have it extended. Addressing the issue at a news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh also lashed out at the...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described sanctions on Iran’s troubled economy as ‘a crime in the true sense of the word’. — AFP pic
Yesterday the “historic defeat of the United States will be realised, and that came to be despite its attempts, trickery and extrajudicial moves,” Khatibzadeh said.The embargo on the sale of arms to Iran is due to start expiring progressively from October 18, under the terms of a UN resolution that blessed the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic republic and world powers.
Since then, the US has slapped additional sanctions on Iran as part of a campaign of “maximum pressure”, with the latest on Thursday concerning 18 banks. The US claims that transactions involving humanitarian goods such as food and medicine are exempt and that sanctions are “directed at the regime”.
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