This Article is From Apr 06, 2016

US Would Block Sale Of Russian Su-30 Aircraft To Iran, Top Official

US Would Block Sale Of Russian Su-30 Aircraft To Iran, Top Official

The US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said today the United States would use its veto power in the UN Security Council to block any sale of Su-30 fighter aircraft to Iran. (File Photo)

Washington: Thomas Shannon, the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said today the United States would use its veto power in the UN Security Council to block any sale of Su-30 fighter aircraft to Iran.

"We would block the approval of fighter aircraft," he told a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, noting that any such sale would have to be approved by the Security Council.

 
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