Iran condemns US veto of UN Jerusalem resolution

Iran condemns the United States veto of a UN Security Council resolution rejecting US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which it calls “provocative and unwise.”

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says the US administration “showed its lack of compliance with international resolutions by its provocative and unwise decision to recognize Al-Quds as the capital of the Zionist occupying regime.”

He says Washington’s veto despite the rest of the council supporting the resolution “proved that it seeks a compromise by trampling on the legal rights of all Palestinians.”

Ghasemi’s statement says Tehran was unsurprised by the American recognition, given its “racist and hostile policies that unilaterally back the Al-Quds occupiers.”

Iran “strongly condemns this move and urges all countries and the international community to… prevent its implementation to preserve international peace and security,” he adds.

— AFP