Tasnim The United States backed away from a hardline resolution and streamlined its bid to get the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran. The new text, seen by Reuters, is just four paragraphs and would extend a weapons ban on Iran until the Security Council decides otherwise, stating that is essential to the maintenance of international ...

Tehran Times - A Chinese diplomat at the United Nations, speaking on condition of anonymity, has told Reuters that the United States attempt to extend arms embargo on Iran lacks legal basis and will undermine efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. The diplomat added that there is no chance the U.S. text will be adopted. A ...