Iran, 6 world powers agree to partially lift arms embargo – report

Iran would be able to supply weapons to its allies in the region with the full blessing of the international community, because the nuclear deal being prepared in Vienna includes partial lifting of arms trade sanctions, a source close to the talks said.

“The agreement states that the Iranians will continue supplying defensive weapons to its regional allies to fight against terrorism and extremism,” a source in the Iranian delegation told RIA Novosti.

The UN Security Council passed a number of sanctions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear program, including those restricting its arms trade. Iran and P5+1 group (the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) are finalizing a comprehensive deal that would lift those sanctions as well as those imposed by individual nations in exchange for scaling down the program and making it more transparent.

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Iran is believed to be secretly supplying weapons to a number of regional players, including the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah and is accused of backing the Houthi Shiite rebels in Yemen.

On Sunday, Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said that Tehran and six leading world powers have agreed on most technical issues and annexes to a possible nuclear deal.

However diplomats say there are still stumbling blocks on the way to a final agreement. According to Reuters sources, the most difficult remaining issues in the negotiations are not technical, but political.

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