The US is urging the UN Security Council to condemn Iran’s ballistic missile test, which it described as “dangerous and concerning” and a violation of a UN resolution.
The council is meeting behind closed doors at the request of France and Britain which along with the US have accused Iran of test-firing a ballistic missile on Saturday.
France and Britain maintain that missile launches are inconsistent with the UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal while the US is taking a harder stance and maintains it is an outright violation.
“Iran’s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,” US Ambassador Nikki Haley says in a statement. “The international community cannot keep turning a blind eye every time Iran blatantly ignores Security Council resolutions.”
“If the Security Council is serious about holding Iran accountable and enforcing our resolutions, then at a minimum we should be able to deliver a unanimous condemnation of this provocative missile test,” she says.
— AFP
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