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Explainer: Arms embargoes against Iran

| July 11, 2015

Nuclear negotiations with Iran have apparently reached an impasse over the future of United Nations arms restrictions against Iran. What are these embargoes, and why is there controversy?

The debate over the UN embargoes tends to conflate three separate restrictions: on the export of arms to Iran, export of arms by Iran, and restrictions involving ballistic missiles. Each restriction was codified in resolutions by the United Nations Security Council. The resolutions are recapped in a chart included in this post which is excerpted from the Belfer Center’s comprehensive guide to Iran sanctions.

The complete post is available here in the Belfer Center’s Iran Matters.

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For Academic Citation: Rome, Henry.“Explainer: Arms embargoes against Iran.” Iran Matters, July 11, 2015.

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