Last month, the UN Security Council rejected a draft resolution submittedby the administration of US President Donald Trump to indefinitely extendthe UN arms embargo link againstTehran, which expires on 18 October.
Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of Iran’s IslamicRevolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force, has signaled Tehran’sreadiness to start selling its weapons, after the termination of a UN armsembargo link against the Islamicrepublic.
Hajizadeh told reporters on Monday that Iran’s arms program had been notaffected by the arms embargo link andthat Iran had already “become self-sufficient in the military industry”.
According to the military chief, the expiration of the UN arms embargolink in October indicates a politicalvictory for Iran, particularly as it will allow Tehran to deal in armsexports.
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The remarks come after Defence Minister Amir Hatami said earlier this monththat Iran remains among a handful of countries which are able todomestically manufacture over 90 percent of its military equipment.
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“We will surely be able to export more military equipment than we need toimport. Therefore, we will surely use our legal right [to sell arms] indealing with our allies once the restrictions are lifted”, the defenceminister pointed out, referring to the upcoming expiration of the UN armsembargo link.
This followed the UN Security Council (UNSC) voting “no” on a draftresolution introduced by the Trump administration to indefinitely prolongthe weapons embargo against Tehran that was envisioned by the 2015 Irannuclear deal ahead of the embargo’s 18 October expiration.
The council underlined that the resolution did not receive the requiredsupport to be adopted, as it was endorsed only by the US and the DominicanRepublic, and rejected by Russia and China, with 11 other UNSC membersabstaining.
