Iran FM says ending UN arms ban ‘inseparable’ from nuclear deal

Iran says that the preservation of a nuclear accord depends on the scheduled end in October of a UN arms embargo as the United States seeks to extend it. “The timetable for the removal of arms restrictions embodied in Resolution 2231 is an inseparable part of the hard-won compromise,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells a Security Council session. SOUNDBITE