Arms embargo

An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry, and may also apply to "dual-use technology". An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes.

US President Jimmy Carter implemented an arms embargo against the 1976 Argentinian Proceso de Reorganizacion Nacional (National Reorganization Process) military junta due to the Dirty War that took place from 1974 to 1983. The embargo was joined by the United Kingdom following the 1982 Falklands War. The ban was lifted in the 1990s after Argentina was named as a Major non-NATO ally. During those years, Argentine armed forces shifted to Western European countries and Israel for supplies.,

The United States government imposed an arms embargo against Indonesia in 1999 due to human rights violations in East Timor. The embargo was lifted in 2005.

The United States imposed economic sanctions against Iran following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However, to secure the release of American hostages, several senior Reagan Administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran in the 1980s, in a scandal called the Iran–Contra affair. In 1995 the US expanded sanctions to include firms dealing with the Iranian government.

In March 2007, UN Security Council Resolution 1747 tightened the sanctions imposed on Iran in connection with the Iranian nuclear program. The UN sanctions were lifted on 16 January 2016.

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