UN Closer to Iran Sanctions Vote

The United States is expected to circulate a draft resolution Wednesday in the United Nations Security Council that would lift all international sanctions related to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program; but a U.N. arms embargo will remain in place for five years and one on ballistic missiles will continue for eight years. Opposition is unlikely, as the five veto-holding council members – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States – all are parties to the deal. A vote could...

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