Tehran, Iran:
Iran on Saturday hailed a UN Safety Council vote rejecting a US bid to increase an arms embargo on the Islamic republic, saying its foe has “by no means been so remoted”.
“Within the 75 years of United Nations historical past, America has by no means been so remoted,” international ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi tweeted hours after simply two of the Council’s 15 members backed a US decision to increase the embargo.
“Regardless of all of the journeys, strain and the hawking, america might solely mobilise a small nation (to vote) with them,” he added, in reference to failed efforts by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to rally help for a US decision.
Iranian state tv’s web site mentioned the one different nation to again the US decision was the Dominican Republic, citing unnamed sources.
The embargo on typical arms gross sales to Iran is because of expire on October 18 beneath the phrases of a decision that blessed the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic republic and world powers.
“Final night time, Iran’s energetic #diplomacy, together with the authorized power of (the nuclear deal), defeated america once more on the Safety Council,” Mousavi tweeted.
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew america from the nuclear deal in 2018, escalating tensions between the longtime enemies.
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