Haley to UN: Iran must not be allowed to ‘consistently violate international law’

US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tells the Security Council that Iran must not be allowed to “consistently violate international law,” urging it to adopt the Trump administration’s comprehensive approach to the Islamic republic and address all aspects of its “destructive conduct.”

Haley says the Iranian government is a main source of arms in Mideast conflicts, in defiance of several UN Security Council resolutions.

“Worse, the regime continues to play this council,” Haley says. “Iran hides behind its assertion of technical compliance with the nuclear deal while it brazenly violates the other limits of its behavior, and we have allowed them to get away with it.”

She urges the Security Council to change its policy toward Iran.

“I sincerely hope it will take this chance to defend not only the resolutions but peace, security and human rights in Iran,” she says.

“Judging Iran by the narrow confines of the nuclear deal misses the true nature of the threat,” Haley stresses. “Iran must be judged in totality of its aggressive, destabilizing and unlawful behavior. To do otherwise would be foolish.”

Haley spoke shortly after Israeli ambassador Danny Danon warned about Iran’s global funding of terrorism and widespread human rights violations.

— with AP