Iran urges Russia, China to resist U.S. push to extend arms embargo

Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a U.N.-imposed arms embargo due to expire in October under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six powers.

“Americans are already angry, upset, and wanting to take this issue to the Security Council. We want four permanent members of the (U.N. Security) Council to stand up to America,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech.

“Particularly, we expect Russia and China to resist this U.S. plot. America will not succeed … and we will increase our defence capabilities as we have been doing so even under sanctions.” he added.