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US in the international community as well as Iran’s power.
He also said US claims against Iran, which were included in the resolution, were “biased.”
“I think that the biased nature of these allegations and the method for regulating expert reports of the Commission of Inquiry on Yemen and the UN Security Council is fully clear,” Araqchi said, adding that Tehran would continue its policies in the region as they “meet the country’s interests.”
On Monday, the resolution gained 11 favorable votes at the 15-member Security Council, but was halted by Russia’s veto.
“We cannot concur with uncorroborated conclusions and evidence which requires verification and discussions within the sanctions committee,” Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council.
Earlier in the month, Britain circulated a draft resolution that would renew sanctions on Yemen for another year and also “condemns” Iran for allegedly breaching the 2015 arms embargo on the country by “failing to take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer” of short-range ballistic missiles, UAVS (unmanned aerial vehicles) and other military equipment to Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said that the US and the UK are trying to distract the international community away from Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in Yemen by drafting such resolutions.
Gholamali Khoshroo further went on to dismiss the allegations that Iran had supplied weapons to Yemeni ¿ghters.
The Iranian diplomat also reiterated Tehran’s stance on Yemen, stressing that only a political solution and intra-yemeni dialogue can put an end to the country’s conàict.
Meanwhile, the US threatened unilateral action against Iran after Russia vetoed the Western bid at the UN Security Council.
“If Russia is going to continue to cover for Iran, then the US and our partners need to take action on our own. If we’re not going to get action on the council, then we have to take our own actions,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told reporters during a visit to the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
Haley did not specify what kind of action could be taken.
Press TV and Reuters contributed to this story.