Pompeo frustrated as UN Security Council rejects to extend arms embargo on Iran

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday condemned the United Nations Security Council for rejecting a U.S. resolution to extend the arms embargo on Iran, Politico reported.

Maximum pressure policy has little to do with diplomacy: Russia

TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that the United States’ policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran has little to do with diplomacy.

Hook asked to leave to take fall for failed U.S. Iran strategy: Former official

A former senior U.S. administration familiar with events leading up to Hook’s departure said he was “being asked to leave to take the fall for the failed Iran strategy.”

It is better for Pompeo to admit defeat: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), on Saturday advised the U.S. secretary of state that it is better for Washington to admit defeat in the face of Iran instead of making “stupid bluffing”.

China calls Pompeo’s remarks on Iran arms embargo ‘totally unreasonable’

TEHRAN — Beijing says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks about the Iran arms embargo are “totally unreasonable”.

By Hamid Bayati

Pompeo has vowed to annihilate all of Iran’s JCPOA benefits: former French envoy

“Technically this should be feasible” to block U.S. move to extend arms embargo on Iran, Nicoullaud says

TEHRAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed to annihilate all the benefits that Iran could draw from the JCPOA, says a former French ambassador to Tehran.

Zarif mocks Pompeo’s claim on UN arms embargo

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has ridiculed a claim by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Iran’s plan to purchase fighter aircraft.

‘Trump makes new mistakes to make up for his past mistakes’

Zarif rejects claims of Iran’s role in Saudi oil attacks as unfounded

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected claims that Iran was behind attacks on Saudi oil installations in November 2019 as “unfounded”.

Zarif: ICC blackmailed by ‘lawless gang’ posing as diplomats

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has attacked the U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the ICC was blackmailed by a “lawless gang” posing as diplomats.

Hook claims Iran sanctions produced ‘excellent results’

TEHRAN — The United States is working to renew the arms embargo on Iran, claims U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook, adding that sanctions on the Islamic Republic had produced “excellent results”.

EU’s Borrell condemns U.S. for ending nuclear waivers

TEHRAN - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned on Thursday the United States’ move to end sanction waivers for countries remaining in the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.

Tehran slams Trump-Pompeo-Hook triangle as source of threat

TEHRAN — Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and special representative for Iran Brian Hook as a source of threat.

The president says the ‘worst’ and ‘most devil’ administration is ruling the United States

Pompeo doesn’t know ABC of politics: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo does not know the ABC of politics, noting that the “worst” and “most devil” administration is ruling the United States.

White House hosting worst U.S. administration, Pompeo knows nothing about ABC's of politics

TEHRAN– In his remarks during Wednesday Cabinet Meeting, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the White House is hosting the worst American administration and the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo does not know ABC's of politics.

‘U.S. has no right to use nuclear deal to reach its objectives’

TEHRAN - Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko has said that the United States is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, and has no “moral” and “political” right to use the deal to reach its political objectives.

By M.A. Saki

U.S. cannot invoke snapback mechanism after JCPOA withdrawal: international law expert

TEHRAN – Seyed Yaser Ziaee, an associate professor of international law from the University of Qom, says it is not possible for the United States to invoke snapback sanctions against Iran based on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which it abandoned in May 2018.

Zarif: JCPOA is part of Resolution 2231

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that U.S. Secretary of States Mike Pompeo pretends UNSCR 2231 is independent from the 2015 nuclear deal, noting that the JCPOA is “PART of 2231”.

House lawmakers urge Pompeo to take action to renew Iran arms embargo

TEHRAN — Hundreds of U.S. House representatives in both parties are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take “increased diplomatic action” to renew a UN arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October.

World’s top arms seller worried about Iran, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the U.S. as the biggest “military spender” and “arms seller”, which has also been starting, instigating and benefiting from wars around the globe, is worried about Iran.

Russia criticizes U.S. for not saying a word about its obligations under resolution 2231

TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has criticized the United States for not saying a “single word” about its obligations under the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 the confirms the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Parliamentary committee to mull U.S. move regarding JCPOA

TEHRAN — A top Iranian lawmaker has said the United States’ new plan regarding the 2015 nuclear agreement will be discussed in an upcoming meeting of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.

France, Germany, and UK should look to bridge the divide at UN as arms embargo on Iran ends in October: ECFR

In a commentary on its website on April 24, the European Council on Foreign Relations has suggest that France, Germany and Britain should tread carefully to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as the U.S., which exited the deal in April 2018 and imposed crippling sanctions on Iran, is trying to extend arms embargo against Tehran.

‘The UAE knows that Trump and Pompeo will one day leave and it’s Iran which will remain’

UAE aware of Iran’s military, economic power: expert

TEHRAN — Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University has said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is fully aware of Iran’s economic and military power.

Warren: It ‘makes no sense’ that U.S. seeks to extend arms embargo on Iran  

TEHRAN - Former Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has dismissed an argument by the Trump administration that the U.S. is a party to the JCPOA and is seeking to extend arms embargo against Iran, saying such an argument by the Trump administration, which has abandoned the nuclear deal with Iran, “makes no sense”

U.S. seeks indefinite UN arms embargo on Iran: AP

TEHRAN — The U.S. has circulated a draft UN resolution that would indefinitely extend a UN arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, U.S. officials and UN diplomats said on Tuesday.

Iranian MP says U.S. claims about satellite launch is ‘nonsense’

TEHRAN - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a veteran Iranian MP who sits on the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said that the United States’ claims about launch of a military satellite by Iran are “nonsense”.

Zarif, Lavrov dismiss ‘delusional’ U.S. plan for nuclear deal

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have dismissed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “delusional” plan to keep Washington a participant state in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in order to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran.

During Pompeo’s office the world has become ‘less secure’: Foreign Ministry

Tehran refers to Pompeo as ‘Secretary of Hate’

TEHRAN — Tehran has referred to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as “Secretary of Hate”, saying Pompeo has achieved nothing since he assumed the post two years ago.

Zarif to Pompeo: Stop dreaming

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has advised U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “stop dreaming”, saying the Iranians always decide their destiny.

U.S. urges UN to renew Iran arms embargo

TEHRAN — Washington has called on the United Nations Security Council to extend its arms embargo on Iran, which will otherwise expire in October.