IRAN - The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions

By National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI-US and NCRI U.S. Representative Office

This report shows how the Iranian regime is involved in procuring and manufacturing weapons and military equipment with the objective of exporting terrorism and warmongering, regional meddling by sending weapons and missiles to expand terrorist attacks, and resorts to terrorism.

This manuscript highlights the consequences of lifting of arm

• Language: English
• Publisher: National Council of Resistance of Iran-US Office
• Release date: Aug 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781944942410

National Council of Resistance of Iran

National Council of Resistance of Iran-US Representative Office acts as the Washington office for Iran's Parliament-in-exile, NCRI, which is dedicated to the establishment of a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic in Iran.NCRI-US, registered as a non-profit tax-exempt organization, has been instrumental in exposing many nuclear sites of Iran, including the sites in Natanz, and Arak, the biological and chemical weapons program of Iran, as well as its ambitious ballistic missile program.NCRI-US has also exposed the terrorist network of the Iranian regime, including its involvement in the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the Jewish Community Center in Argentina, its fueling of sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria, and its malign activities in other parts of the Middle East.

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IRAN: The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions

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National Council of Resistance of Iran - U.S. Representative Office.

IRAN: The Imperative to Reimpose UN Sanctions

1. Iran. 2. United Nations. 3.Sanctions. 4. Europe. 5. Middle East

First Edition: August 2020

Printed in the United States of America

These materials are being distributed by the National Council of Resistance of Iran-U.S. Representative Office. Additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

1. Modus operandi of the Velayat-e Faqih system

2. Procuring and manufacturing weapons and military equipment with the objective of exporting terrorism and warmongering

2.1. Manufacturing missiles for terrorism and

warmongering 7

2.2. Production of roadside bombs 10

2.3. The IRGC’s production of unmanned aerial vehicles

and drones 12

2.4. Production of speedboats used for naval assaults: 13

3. Regional meddling by sending weapons and missiles to expand terrorist attacks 15

3.1. Supplying missiles and technologies needed to manufacture missiles 15

3.2. Establishing a naval unit to train the Qods Force’s

foreign mercenaries 16

3.3. Using the missile base of the IRGC navy’s third

region to attack Aramco facilities 18

3.4. Sending arms and missiles to Lebanon and setting up a guided missile factory 21

3.5. Sending weapons and missiles and transferring technology to the Syrian Army 23

3.6. Sending armament, missiles and transferring missile technology to Houthis in Yemen 24

3.7. Supplying weapons and missiles to Iraqi militias 25

3.8. Sending arms and missiles to the Taliban in

Afghanistan 26

4. A moribund regime resorts to terrorism 27

4.1. Terrorism as a cornerstone 27

4.2. Upsurge in terrorist operations in the West 32

4.3. Albania 34

4.4. Austria

4.5. Denmark

4.6. France

4.7. Germany

4.8. Italy

4.9. Sweden

4.10. Switzerland

4.11. Turkey

4.12. United States

5. Consequences of lifting of arms embargo

5.1. Empowering the IRGC

5.2. Weaknesses to overcome

5.3. The IRGC’s shopping list

6. Bipartisan opposition to lifting the UN embargo

7. The case for reimposing all UN sanctions

7.1. A history of infractions

7.2. Consistent position of the Iranian Resistance

7.3. Why snapback?

Conclusion

List of publications

About the NCRI-US

1. Modus operandi of the Velayat-e Faqih system

As a reactionary and backward regime, the clerical dictatorship pursues domestic suppression, export of terrorism and warmongering as core strategies to ensure its survival. The regime uses both weapons of mass destruction and conventional weaponry for suppression at home and terrorism abroad.

The regime established the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and auxiliary branches like the Qods Force to advance its policy of spreading terrorism. Tehran has set up arms manufacturers to supply an arsenal used for its warmongering and terrorism. Specific organizations and networks in the region have been set up to buy, sell and smuggle weapons and military equipment, and thereby sending weapons to other regional countries on a wide scale in the context of Tehran’s transgressions.

Officials like the mullahs’ president Hassan Rouhani have acknowledged the regime’s arms supply. For example, he is on the record as saying: In the era of sanctions, we hear that a missile moved from our territory and struck a terrorist target. It is true that those who fired the missile were the ones who worked hard and made sacrifices. But who made the missile? The manufacturer of that missile was the (Iranian) government and the Ministry of Defense. … The strategic weapons produced during the 11th government (Rouhani administration) alone are equivalent to 80 percent of the entire arsenal produced by previous administrations.¹

Commanders of the regime’s IRGC and Army have underscored their military aggression doctrine in recent public statements. For example, the IRGC’s commander-in-chief, Major General Hossein Salami, proclaimed during military exercises in the Persian Gulf in July that: The orientation of our operations and tactics is entirely aggressive.² IRGC Brig. Gen. Amir Heydari, the commander of the Army’s ground forces pointed out that today the Army’s ground forces brigades have transformed into dynamic attacking brigades, and said: Currently, we have various types of brigades that have a dynamic attacking structure and have full attacking capability and mobility.³

These indicators show that if the regime were to be given the space and leniency to trade arms, then more conflicts and terrorism will spread in the region. The following report provides a brief overview of some of the intelligence in this regard.

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1 Hassan Rouhani, as quoted by the state-run Khabar (News) TV, July 11, 2017.

2 State-run Paydari Melli news agency, July 28, 2020.

3 State-run Mizan news agency, April 23, 2019.

2. Procuring and manufacturing weapons and military equipment with the objective of exporting terrorism and warmongering

2.1. Manufacturing missiles for terrorism and warmongering

After the Iran-Iraq War ended in 1988, the clerical regime based a portion of its military doctrine on manufacturing an array of missiles. In addition to ballistic missiles with the capability of carrying nuclear warheads, it has focused on a range of missiles to facilitate its terrorism and warmongering in the region, including cruise and guided missiles. To implement its objectives, the regime has set up the Aerospace Industries Organization in the Defense Department and has dedicated a complex of factories to build various parts of its missiles.⁴

42 manufacturing and launch sites were identified in detail during the Iranian Resistance’s press conference in Washington, DC on June 20, 2017.⁵ A number of facts and examples regarding manufacturing of missiles in Iran are outlined below:

1) Building cruise missiles: The IRGC has devoted a portion of its missile manufacturing sites to the building of cruise missiles. The Cruise Industries Group, known as the Thamen al-A’ameh, a subunit of the Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization, has been dedicated to manufacturing cruise missiles.

Among the subunits of this group are the Fasihi Industries, the Moslemi Industries and the Rahimi Industries. The group also has a research arm for cruise industries. The group’s organizational structure is represented below:⁶

Aerospace Industries Organization Chart

Cruise missiles used to attack Saudi oil infrastructure in 2019 were manufactured by the Cruise Industries Group at Parchin’s Section 4. The so-called Qods-1 missiles supplied to the Yemeni Houthis are a similar missile made by the clerical regime.

To receive the required training and education for the manufacturing of cruise missiles, the clerical regime