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Russia berates US for UN meeting on Iran | Russia berates US for UN meeting on Iran |
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Russia has fiercely criticised the US for convening the UN Security Council over protests in Iran. | Russia has fiercely criticised the US for convening the UN Security Council over protests in Iran. |
Russia's envoy Vassily Nebenzia said involving the council an "internal affair" damaged the top UN body. | |
Minutes earlier, US Ambassador Nikki Haley praised the protests as a "powerful exhibition of brave people". | Minutes earlier, US Ambassador Nikki Haley praised the protests as a "powerful exhibition of brave people". |
Iran's ambassador said the US was abusing its power as a permanent member of the council. At least 21 people have been killed in the protests. | |
They broke out in one Iranian city in late December and quickly spread, with slogans chanted against the government and ruling clerics. | |
On Wednesday, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards declared the defeat of what he described as "sedition" in the country. | |
A number of countries criticised the US for convening the emergency meeting of the Security Council. | |
The US had "lost every shred of moral, political and legal authority and credibility in the eyes of the whole world", Gholamali Khoshroo told the gathering. | |
His Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted to say that the Security Council had "rebuffed the US' naked attempt to hijack its mandate". | |
At the meeting, France said any interference in Iran's affairs would be counter-productive and that recent protests there, while worrying, did not threaten international peace and security. | |
Ambassador Francois Delattre said the international community must commit to fully implementing the nuclear agreement with Iran - which the Trump administration has refused to recertify. |