President Rouhani says Iran will be free to trade in weapons as of Sunday after the US failed in its attempts to secure an extension of the UN arms embargo against Tehran.

Iran says October 18, the date for the expiry of an arms embargo against Tehran, will be the day of “historic defeat” for the United States.

Having unilaterally left the JCPOA, the US attempt to gain international support for re-instituting an arms embargo has not only failed but has, in fact, led to increased US isolation on the world stage.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Russia has no fear of US sanctions over defense cooperation with Iran.

Turkey says it will continue to work with and support Libya's GNA despite PM's plan to step down.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has laid into European leaders for refusing to help bring back the UN sanctions against Iran.

Iran’s foreign minister says the country will meet its strategic needs by purchasing weapons from Russia and China, and has no need for European weapons once the UN embargo is lifted in October.

The body has referred to the use of exported EU weapons in the Yemen war, urging member states to end the civilian suffering there.

Iran warns against Washington’s “dangerous” defiance of international law as the US has signaled it seeks to illegally extend an expiring arms embargo on Iran.

The United States threatens sanctions on the parties that trade in arms with Iran after the expiry of a UN arms embargo that Washington failed to get extended.