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\u201cPompeo urges UN Security Council to extend Iran\u2019s arms embargo,\u201d<\/a> Jerry Omondi, CGTN Africa, April 19, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Secretary of State Pompeo has asked the UNSC to extend Iran\u2019s arms embargo.\u00a0 \u201cThe arms embargo on Iran \u2013 the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror \u2013 expires six months from today. The UN Security Council (UNSC) must extend the embargo before Iran\u2019s violence escalates and they start a new arms race in the Middle East. The clock is ticking,\u201d Pompeo said in a Twitter post Friday.\u00a0 Iran\u2019s arms embargo is scheduled to be lifted in October, five years after it was imposed.\u00a0 In Nov. 2019, Pres. Rouhani said Iran would regain access to the international arms market after the lifting of the sanctions.\u00a0 \u201cWhen the embargo\u2026is lifted next year we can easily buy and sell weapons.\u201d\u00a0 Pompeo says Iran\u2019s aggressions require an extension of the arms embargo.\u00a0 \u201cIn the last year, Iran fired ballistic missiles at its neighbors, mined and captured oil tankers, smuggled weapons into conflict zones, and shot down a civilian passenger jet. We can\u2019t risk Iran buying more advanced weapons and transferring their arsenal to irresponsible actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is using chat apps to spy on its citizens, researchers say,\u201d<\/a> The National, Bloomberg, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran extends prisoner furloughs, closure of holy sites amid coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> WHBL, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Shows Off Drones that Can Reach Israel, Threat Increases,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cTehran City Official Says Pandemic Toll Much Higher As Shrines Set To Reopen,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian regime will not stop bankrolling terror,\u201d<\/a> Baria Alamuddin, Arab News, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran-US tensions decrease in Iraq, for now,\u201d<\/a> France 24, April 19, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cPompeo urges UN Security Council to extend Iran\u2019s arms embargo,\u201d Jerry Omondi, CGTN Africa, April 19, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Secretary of State Pompeo has asked the UNSC to extend Iran\u2019s arms embargo.\u00a0 \u201cThe arms embargo on Iran \u2013 the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror \u2013 expires six months from today. The UN Security Council (UNSC) must extend … <\/p>\n

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