Iran imported $560M in weapons despite U.N. embargo

A U.N. arms embargo has done little to halt the flow of weapons into Iran, according to the Washington Times and Ynet:

Iran imported weapons worth over $560 million over a three-year period despite being the target of a United Nations arms embargo, the Telegraph reported Thursday, citing data published the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…

Russia and China, the report said, who prevented the UN from imposing a comprehensive embargo, are thought to have been the principal suppliers of weapons to Iran between 2007 and 2010.

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