US EditionU.S. and Allies Clash with Russia and China over Iran Nuclear Program
The U.S. and 10 allies overruled Russia and China 11-2 on reimposing Iran sanctions amid disputes over nuclear program oversight and enforcement.
- On Thursday, the United States clashed with Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council over Iran, as U.S. envoy to the United Nations Mike Waltz accused Moscow and Beijing of blocking the 1737 Committee to protect Tehran.
- Washington sought to justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago, citing nuclear concerns, while Russia's U.N. ambassador Vasily Nebenzya countered that the U.S. had "whipped up hysteria surrounding supposed plans Iran had."
- Britain and France supported re-imposing sanctions, citing Tehran's failure to address nuclear concerns, as Waltz noted the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Iran has accumulated uranium enriched up to 60 percent while refusing stockpile access.
- Russia and China unsuccessfully moved to block a discussion on the sanctions committee, but were overruled 11-2 by the Security Council, while China's representative Fu Cong called Washington the "instigator" of the crisis, citing force against Iran.
- Iran's U.N. ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani later maintained Iran's nuclear program is "exclusively peaceful," while President Donald Trump has used the nuclear issue to justify his war on Iran, despite intelligence assessments challenging his claims.
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US and allies clash with Russia and China at UN over Iran nuclear program
The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran's nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago.
As a result, the debate over Tehran's nuclear program has only intensified. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz stated that Russia and China attempted to block discussion of the sanctions mechanism against Iran in the UN Security Council, but the majority of countries opposed the initiative. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a Reuters report. Read also: Iran threatens to unleash an "oil hell" in the Middle East in response to US attacks At…
Representatives of Russia and China in the UN Security Council tried to disrupt the discussion on monitoring sanctions against Iran, but their initiative was rejected.
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