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End of embargo opens Iran to arms market but with obstacles

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Tehran, Oct 17 (efe).-(Camera: Marina Villen) Iran will be able to buy and sell arms from Sunday thanks to the end of an international embargo, which the United States unsuccessfully tried to extend.Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the country for the lifting of the “oppressive embargo”, which was imposed in 2007 by the United Nations Security Council.FOOTAGE OF THE ARMS SECTOR IN IRAN.SOUNDBITES OF MAJOR GENERAL YAHIA RAHIM SAFAVI (MILITARY ADVISOR TO THE SUPREME LEADER AND FORMER COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD)Translation: 1. "The Americans in both the economic and the arms embargo on Iran will face determined failure."2. "We have managed to have the technological capacity and all the weapons and equipment to defend not only Iranian territory but also reach the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Caspian Sea."3. "The Americans, at the request of the nations of the region and the greater power acquired by China and Russia, are forced to change their strategy and move from the west to Southeast Asia; they are forced to leave this region."

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