![]() ![]() Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani added that any UN findings “based on such illegal activities is null and void.” Russia insists he has no such authority and Nebenzia warned the UN Secretariat against taking any such action. The US, Britain, France and Ukraine have urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to send investigators to Ukraine to examine debris from drones used in Russia’s attacks, insisting that Resolution 2231 gives him a mandate to open an investigation. Twelve members voted “yes,” while China and Russia voted “no” and Mozambique abstained. “It would be unconscionable to deny Ukraine the opportunity to speak at this meeting when it is experiencing the devastating effects of Iran’s violation of resolution 2231 firsthand.”īritain’s UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward, who was chairing the council meeting, then called for a vote on whether Ukraine could participate. “This is a matter of life or death for the Ukrainian people,” Wood said. US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood countered, accusing both Iran and Russia of participating in the transfer of drones used in Ukraine without prior Security Council approval in violation of the 2015 resolution. He demanded a procedural vote on its participation. The sharp exchanges came at the council’s semiannual meeting on implementation of its resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major countries known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which the US under then-President Donald Trump left in 2018.Īt the start of the meeting, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Britain, which hold the council presidency, of seeking to hold “an openly politicized show” by inviting Ukraine to take part in the meeting when it is not part of the JCPOA. NEW YORK: The US and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the UN Security Council over Tehran’s advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow being used to attack Ukraine. ![]()
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