Tehran says lifting of arms embargo will mark ‘day of US defeat’, claims ‘maniacal’ sanctions against Iran have failed

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The removal of UN restrictions banning Iran from arms sales will signal a major defeat for the US, Tehran has said, adding that Washington’s attempts at economic attrition against the Islamic Republic have been unsuccessful.

The lifting of an international embargo on October 18 allowing Iran to buy and sell military hardware will be remembered as “the day of US defeat,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. 

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