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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 509 

Calling upon the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution 

on Iran that extends the dates by which Annex B restrictions under 

Resolution 2231 are currently set to expire. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2020 

Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr. COONS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Calling upon the United Nations Security Council to adopt 

a resolution on Iran that extends the dates by which 

Annex B restrictions under Resolution 2231 are currently set to expire. 

Whereas, on July 20, 2015, the United Nations Security 

Council adopted Resolution 2231; 

Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 imposed a number of 

restrictions on Iran and on arms technology suppliers to 

Iran that will soon begin expiring; 

Whereas the Government of Iran has never accepted the 

Annex B restrictions as legitimate and has not agreed to 

abide by them; 


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Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 imposed an arms embargo on Iran that requires Security Council approval 

for, among other things, the sale or transfer to Iran of 

battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles, and missile systems including man-portable air-defense systems; 

Whereas the arms embargo has limited the flow of advanced 

conventional weapons to Iran; 

Whereas some United Nations member states are already 

preparing to provide Iran with advanced weapons systems 

upon expiration of the arms embargo; 

Whereas Russian state news services have reported that the 

Russian Federation and Iran are negotiating an arms 

sale that will provide Iran with artillery systems, helicopters, combat aircraft, and tanks; 

Whereas the arms embargo in Annex B of Resolution 2231 

will expire on October 18, 2020; 

Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 prohibits Iran from exporting weapons and military equipment, including to foreign countries, its proxy militias throughout the region, 

and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and 

Katai’b Hezbollah; 

Whereas Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of 

Hezbollah, which is estimated to possess at least 100,000 

rockets and missiles, has stated that the terrorist group 

receives all of its weapons and missiles from Iran; 

Whereas the arms export ban on Iran in Annex B of Resolution 2231 will expire on October 18, 2020; 

Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 banned travel and 

froze financial assets for Iranian individuals and entities 


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designated on a list established and maintained pursuant 

to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 

(2006) for their involvement in certain illicit behavior; 

Whereas these travel bans and asset freezes will expire in October 2020 and October 2023, respectively; 

Whereas Annex B of Resolution 2231 banned United Nations 

member states from supplying Iran’s nuclear-capable ballistic missile program; and 

Whereas this restriction in Annex B of Resolution 2231 will 

expire in October 2023: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) asserts that the expiration of the aforemen3 tioned restrictions on Iran and on arms technology 

4 suppliers to Iran in Annex B of United Nations Se5 curity Council Resolution 2231 (2015) will enhance 

6 the ability of Iran to continue its destabilizing ac7 tions in the Middle East that threaten the security 

8 of the United States and that of our allies; 

9 (2) urges the international community to fully 

10 enforce the aforementioned restrictions on Iran and 

11 on arms technology suppliers to Iran in Annex B of 

12 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231; 

13 and 

14 (3) calls upon the United Nations Security 

15 Council to adopt a resolution on Iran that extends 

16 the dates by which the aforementioned restrictions 


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1 on Iran and on arms technology suppliers to Iran in 

2 Annex B are currently set to expire. 

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