UN Security Council Blocks China-Russia Resolution On Iran Sanctions

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday rejected the draft resolution presented by Russia and China to delay the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran.

“Those members of the Security Council who supported this document reaffirmed their commitment to international law, to equitable and mutually respectful dialogue and to the task of maintaining international peace and security," Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said at the Council’s session on Iran sanctions.

He said that “the adoption of this would have preserved a chance for the international community to reach a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in the context of the Iranian nuclear programme."