The UN Security Council is considering a drafted resolution that would condemn Iran for violating the arms embargo on Yemen, and call for measures to address this violation, according to the text obtained by AFP on Monday.
The proposed resolution, drafted by Britain, is in response to a report by a UN panel of experts, who found that missiles fired by Yemen’s Huthi rebels at Saudi Arabia last year were made in Iran.
The Security Council is expected to vote on the draft later this month, but it remains unclear whether Russia would back any move that punishes Iran.
The text “condemns” Iran for violating the 2015 arms embargo on Yemen by “failing to take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer” of short-range ballistic missiles, drones, and other military equipment to the Huthis.
The draft resolution backed by the United States and France specifies that “these violations … require a further response from the council; and further decides to take additional measures to address these violations.”
— AFP
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