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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-congress/most-of-us-house-urges-more-diplomacy-at-un-to-renew-iran-arms-embargo-sources-idUSKBN22C3MT

U.S. House Urges UN to Renew Iran Arms Embargo

(Reuters) Patricia Zengerle - At least 384 members of the U.S. House of Representatives - nearly 90% - have signed a letter urging the administration to increase its diplomatic action at the UN to renew an arms embargo on Iran, congressional sources said on Thursday. "The UN arms embargo is set to expire in October, and we are concerned that the ban's expiration will lead to more states buying and selling weapons to and from Iran," said the letter, led by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike McCaul (R-Tex.), the committee's top Republican.

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