By E.B. SOLOMONTUNSC 311(photo credit: AP)
The new Security Council resolution: • Strengthens an arms embargo by banning the transfer of conventional arms and missiles; • Prohibits Iran from buying heavy weapons, including attack helicopters and missiles; • Bars Iran from investing in nuclear industries, including uranium mining; • Targets 40 companies subject to an asset freeze; • Names one individual, Javad Rahiqi, the head of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology center, and places him under a travel ban and asset freeze; • Authorizes inspections of cargo entering or leaving Iran; • Prohibits countries from allowing Iran to invest in nuclear-related industries; • Calls on countries to block certain financial transactions, including a ban on licensing Iranian bank.
