IRAN URGES UN TO STOP US FROM EXTENDING SANCTIONS

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the United Nations on Wednesday to end the sanctions imposed against it by October 2020 and asked members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to curb US attempts to extend such harsh sanctions, TeleSur reported late on June 10, 2020.

Next October, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a 2015 nuclear deal popularly known as "The Arms Embargo," will be lifted as agreed in the UNSC Resolution 2231. However, the US does not recognize this agreement as it unilaterally withdrew from the pact two years ago.

"Since all sanctions against Iran will be lifted in October 2020, the US is angry and upset by this important day in the history of Iran's defense and intends to draft a resolution and bring it to the Security Council," Rohani stressed. "Particularly, we expect Russia and China to resist the U.S. plot," he added.

The JCPOA was signed by the United Kingdom, Russia, France, China, Germany, the United States, and Iran. In 2018, US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of this deal in order to impose new economic sanctions against Iran.