Trump announces sanctions on Iran for violating UN arms embargo

WASHINGTON (AFP): President Donald Trump has ann0unced to impose sanctions on Iran for violating a UN arms embargo and demanded enforcement by US allies.

Donald Trump’s defiant move came on the very day that the United Nations was celebrating its 75th anniversary with a virtual summit full of calls for greater international cooperation.

According to the Trump administration, it was imposing sanctions on 27 individuals and entities under a UN resolution including Iran s defense ministry, it’s Atomic Energy Organization, and Venezuela s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington has been trying without success to topple.

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“The United States has now restored UN sanctions on Iran,” Trump said in a statement. “My actions today send a clear message to the Iranian regime and those in the international community who refuse to stand up to Iran.”

The Trump administration argues that it is enforcing a UN arms embargo that Iran has violated, including through an attack on Saudi oil facilities. The embargo on conventional arms shipments to Iran is set to expire next month after the United States failed to win support for a new UN resolution.