U.N. Ban on Iran Arms Transfers and Sanctions Snapback

U.N. #Ban on #Iran #Arms #Transfers and #Sanctions #Snapback. Overview A 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, #JCPOA), provides for limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 (July 17, 2015), which endorsed the JCPOA, contains Annex B that provides for a #ban on the #transfer of #arms to or from Iran until October 18, 2020. The Trump Administration, with the support of many in Congress, has sought to extend the ban in order to try to prevent Iran from #acquiring #new #conventional #weaponry, particularly advanced combat aircraft. On August 14, the U.N. Security Council, including two key potential arms suppliers of #Iran—#Russia and #China—voted down a U.S. draft to extend the #arms #transfer #ban. An overwhelming majority of the Council also questions that the United States has standing for its August 20 request to implement the provision of #Resolution #2231 that snaps back all U.N. sanctions on Iran, including the arms transfer ban. The #dispute within the Council over the U.S #snapback request has no clear path to #resolution. Annex B also contains a ban, until October 18, 2023, on supplying equipment with which Iran could develop #nuclear-capable #ballistic #missiles, and calls on Iran not to develop ballistic missiles designed to carry #nuclear #weapons. See CRS Report RS20871, Iran Sanctions, by Kenneth Katzman. ... Provisions of the Arms Transfer Ban Effects of the Ban Relevant Laws, Authorities, and Options for the Administration and Congress