UN Security Council rejects US proposal to extend arms embargo on Iran The weapons ban will expire in October as part of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, a deal the United States left in 2018. By Marcy Oster August 17, 2020 10:06 am
In Israel, Pompeo urges UN to renew weapons embargo on Iran The Security Council must renew the embargo to avert an arms race when the UN sanctions expire next year, the US secretary of state said. October 18, 2019 7:05 am
From the Archive: Cuban Jews under the embargo While Fidel Castro’s 1959 ascent to power had a catastrophic effect on Cuba’s once friendly relationship with the U.S., the revolution’s impact on the island’s Jewish population — and Israel — was less clear, at least at first. December 20, 2014 9:30 pm