{"id":224112,"date":"2020-08-18T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224112"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:31:54","slug":"irans-regime-arms-embargo-is-indispensable-to-regional-and-global-peace-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-arms-embargo-is-indispensable-to-regional-and-global-peace-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Arms Embargo Is Indispensable To Regional and Global Peace and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224113\" style=\"width: 986px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"UN-Security-Council\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s regime Arms Embargo is indispensable to regional and global peace and security\" width=\"986\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council.jpg 986w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council-696x353.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-Security-Council-828x420.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UN Security Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United Nations Security Council <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">failed to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> pass the draft <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">resolution <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">presented by the United States to extend the Iranian regime\u2019s arms embargo. This action further increases the Iranian people\u2019s harsh living conditions and threats <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">global peace and security. But how?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian people<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are the<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> first victims of <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 warmongering policies\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since taking power in 1979, the Iranian regime has wasted national resources on terrorism and warmongering. Domestic oppression and export of cris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s abroad are the regime\u2019s two pillars of existence. The regime\u2019s founder Ruhollah Khomeini prolonged <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran-Iraq <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">war <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for eight <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">years and sent thousands of students o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ver <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">minefields. The war that could had ended when Iraqi troops withdrew from Iran and the Iraqi government accepted the peace plan proposed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> to end the war. But Khomeini refused <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">end the war since he had <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">welcomed the war as a boon, calling it \u201ca divine blessing,\u201d as he used it demagogically to bash all opposition to his regime as an Iraqi fifth column<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and pursue his dream of having \u201can Islamic empire.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After Khomeini\u2019s death<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> his heirs, such as the current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, pursued <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">warmongering policies. The Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>) was tasked to further increase the regime\u2019s terrorist activities in the region. Thus, the IRGC extraterritorial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a> began its operations in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">early <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">90s. These two terrorist organizations, besides funding and arming terrorist groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Palestine,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and Houthis in Yemen, carried out different terrorist plots around the globe.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the Iranian people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> grappling with the COVID-19 outbreak and its increasing death toll, along with economic hardships, the IRGC <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/irgc-new-missile-test-shows-how-mullahs-prioritize-their-rule-over-iran-peoples-lives\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">tested<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> new ballistic missiles during the second day of the final stage of their naval drills in southern Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on July 30. While Iranian people are starving and are being crushed under economic hardships, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs continue funding terrorist groups and propping up Syrian dictator Bashar-al-Assad by wasting billions of dollars of Iran\u2019s national wealth.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, on May 20, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Heshmatollah<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Falahatpisheh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a former Member of Parliament, in an interview with the state-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Etemad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> online news agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-regimes-top-lawmaker-we-gave-20-30-billion-to-syria\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">said<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201cWhen I went to Syria, some complained that I had caused expenses, but I will say this again: We may have given $20-30 billion to Syria. The money of\u202four\u202fpeople was spent there.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On May 20, the state-run Etemad Online published an interview with Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh. In March, in his interview, Falahatpisheh admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> has granted $20-30 billion to prop the Assad regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a> while 60% of Iranian families have pushed below the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poverty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poverty<\/a> line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mE11FsEiSc\">pic.twitter.com\/mE11FsEiSc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IranNewsUpdate (@IranNewsUpdate1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranNewsUpdate1\/status\/1263863823959810048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furthermore, more weapons for the Iranian regime means more people being gunned down on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">streets, such as the 1500 innocent protesters killed during the nationwide Iran protests in November by the IRGC forces.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs are whining about the international sanctions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> So how are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">able to fund these terrorist activities other than depriving the Iranian people from their own national resources?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219239 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" width=\"319\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime\u2019s threat <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">peace and security in <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Middle East and Europe\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he mullahs\u2019 regime has never stopped its terrorist activities. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s attack on the Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil refinery last September is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> example of the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> direct terrorism. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NCRI<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> United States Representative Office last September<\/span> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/ncri-s-revelations-on-the-iranian-regime-s-attack-on-saudi-oil-installations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">revealed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that commanders of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) navy from the city of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mahshahr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, southwestern Iran, had gone to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Omidieh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> airbase (missile attack command operations command)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to carry out that attack<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Later in June, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-iran-usa-un\/arms-seized-by-u-s-missiles-used-to-attack-saudi-arabia-of-iranian-origin-u-n-idUKKBN23J2IF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the UN Security Council, confirmed that missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia last year were \u201cof Iranian origin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime has been publicly defending its funding of terrorism.\u00a0 In this regard, Hassan Nasrallah, head of the terrorist Hezbollah group in Lebanon said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBrothers, we are not ashamed to say that Hezbollah\u2019s budget, expenses, food, and weapons are from the Islamic Republic of Iran. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Iran has money, it means we have money. Do you want more transparency?\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bu the regime\u2019s terrorism is not limited to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Middle East.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Thursday, July 30, 2020, a court in Antwerp, Belgium <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/in-second-hearing-court-in-antwerp-refers-prosecution-of-iran-regimes-diplomat-terrorist-assadollah-assadi-his-three-accomplices-to-anti-terrorism-branch\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">held<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the second preliminary hearing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the case of <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-regimes-terrorist-diplomat-who-tried-to-bomb-mek-free-iran-gathering-imprisoned-for-third-consecutive-year\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Assadollah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Assadi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the regime\u2019s terrorist diplomat, who, acting on orders of the Iranian regime\u2019s most senior leadership, was in the process of carrying out the terrorist bombing of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NCRI\u2019s annual \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on June 30, 2018, in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Villepinte<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Paris.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This \u201cdiplomat terrorist\u201d was planning to target a gathering which was not only attended by the Iranian opposition leader, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and thousands of exiled Iranians, but was also attended by many renowned European and American politicians and parliamentarians, as well many other EU and US citizens.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fter the massive and tragic explosion in Lebanon when locals poured on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the<\/span> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/protests-in-lebanon-major-blow-to-iran-regime-and-its-proxy-terrorist-group-hezbollah\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">street<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and blamed Hezbollah and the Iranian regime for this explosion and attacked several governmental<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> centers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyhan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily, known as Khamenei\u2019s mouthpiece, in its <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/195604\/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%88-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%88-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B6%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">editorial<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on August 10 threatened European countries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While blaming the U.S. and France for the protests in Lebanon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, labeling it as \u201cterrorism\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">describing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Iranian regime\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> terrorist <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">proxy groups as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cResistance Movement,\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyhan wrote: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere is a key strategic point in dealing with the stubborn enemies of the resistance front. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If they fight face to face, they should be fought back. But if they resort to terrorism <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and political <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or economic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> sabotage, the same method [terrorist plots] should be carried <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">out against their security and economic interests.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the NCRI president-elect, Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An Arms Embargo against the religious fascism ruling Iran is indispensable to regional and global peace and security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase and sale of weapons will have no result other than terrorism, warmongering and export of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fundamentalism. The Iranian people, with nearly 90,000 coronavirus fatalities, are, more than ever before, in need of allocating the astronomical budget for weapons, and nuclear and missile projects to their health and treatment. The familiar slogans chanted by people of Iran and directed at the mullahs and against any appeasement of the regime are: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leave Syria alone, think of us,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, my life only for Iran.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The regime\u2019s leaders must face justice as the greatest perpetrators of terrorism in the world today as should their agents and mercenaries inside and outside Iran.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArmsEmbargo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ArmsEmbargo<\/a> against the religious fascism ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is indispensable to regional &amp; global peace &amp; security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase &amp; sale of weapons will have no result other than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#terrorism<\/a> , warmongering &amp; export of fundamentalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1294419516135485440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Security Council failed to pass the draft resolution presented by the United States to extend the Iranian regime&rsquo;s arms embargo. 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