Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
December 23, 2021
On December 20, the United States Navy 5th Fleet seized upwards of 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a vessel originating from Iran. This ship was on a route historically used to illegally smuggle weapons to the Houthis in Yemen. The smuggling of arms from Iran to the Houthis represents a flagrant violation of the UN...
December 22, 2021
MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.
United States Prevails in Actions to Seize and Forfeit Iranian Terror Group’s Missiles and Petroleum
December 7, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced the successful forfeiture of two large caches of Iranian arms, including 171 surface-to-air missiles and eight anti-tank missiles, as well as approximately 1.1 million barrels of Iranian petroleum products. The U.S. Navy seized the weapons from two vessels in the Arabian Sea while conducting...
July 30, 2021
Prospects for reviving the Iran nuclear deal are getting murkier by the day. What seems clear, though, is that the U.S. is unlikely to secure a broader agreement that addresses Iran’s missile arsenal and network of heavily armed proxy forces. Finding other ways of containing and degrading those threats — all the more dangerous in combination —...
July 2, 2021
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June 30, 2021
Thank you, Mr President. I would like to start by welcoming the Secretary-General’s eleventh report and to thank the Secretariat for their continued professionalism and support they provide to the Secretary General in enabling production of this report. We also thank the Facilitator and her team for their work on a balanced and accurate...
June 30, 2021
Thank you, Mr. President,I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Nason for their briefings.
June 30, 2021
Mr President,Thank you for giving me the floor. It is an honour to be addressing the Council today on behalf of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr Josep Borrell, in his capacity as Coordinator of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). My first expression of gratitude...
June 30, 2021
Mr. President,I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the Head of the European Union Delegation and the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 for their briefings.Since the last Security Council meeting on the implementation of resolution 2231 in December 2020, we have noted both a constructive dynamic towards a...