TEHRAN (HRNW) – Iran on Monday said the US was facing a “historic” defeat as an arms embargo against Tehran is to be lifted within days despite Washington s bid to have it extended.
Addressing the issue at a news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh also lashed out at the “insanity” of the latest US sanctions against banks in the Islamic republic.
On Sunday the “historic defeat of the United States will be realised, and that came to be despite its attempts, trickery and extrajudicial moves,” Khatibzadeh said.
“Iran again showed that the United States is not as all-powerful as it says,” he added.
The embargo on the sale of arms to Iran is due to start expiring progressively from October 18, under the terms of a UN resolution that blessed the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic republic and world powers.
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