The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, reported to the UN Security Council, after an analysis by the UN, photos of four anti-tank guided missiles in Libya; one of them has characteristics consistent with the Iranian-made “Dehlavieh” missile.
Guterres added, in his semi-annual report submitted to the Council, Monday evening, that the United Nations General Secretariat is unable to ascertain whether this guided missile was transferred to Libya, in violation of the Security Council’s sanctions against Iran specifically Resolution No. 2131.
The Security Council, consisting of 15 states, had banned Iran from exporting weapons in 2007, then according to a nuclear agreement signed by Tehran with the major powers in 2015, and stipulated in a Security Council resolution, arms restrictions were lifted in October of this year.
Israel accused Iran of violating sanctions and provided photos of anti-tank guided missiles in Libya to “Guterres” last May, while Iran informed “Guterres” its categorical rejection of the Israeli allegations, which stated that the photos appeared in November 2019 and that the weapons were used by the army forces over there.
It is noteworthy that Libya is also subject to an arms embargo by the United Nations since 2011, and independent experts of the international organization provide a separate report to the Council on the implementation of these measures.
