An emergency meeting at the UN Security Council on the subject of week-long protests in Iran saw a series of speeches, including the US reiterating its previous public statements backing demonstrators and threatening Iran, and other nations wondering why this was worth an emergency meeting.
French Ambassador Francois Delattre insisted the Iran protests had nothing to do with international peace and security, warning against “attempts to exploit this crisis for personal ends,” which many see as a direct rebuke of the US.
Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya
was even more frank, saying the meeting amounted to the US abusing its position at the UN to “mess with Iran,” and noting the UN didn’t have any emergency meetings after the US crackdowns in Ferguson.
Iran insisted the matter was an internal affair, not something for the UN to weigh in on, and China agreed, with their ambassador calling it a purely “domestic issue.” There is no sign there was any interest beyond the US for taking any action at the meeting.
After the meeting adjourned, Russia agreed to closed-door talks on what they called the “American initiative,” but there is no indication hat anything has come of the matter since then.
Khoshroo killed it. His speech demolished the U.S.
The USA is making a mess of UN diplomatic relations they should maybe get someone more competent as their representative. Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck perhaps.
Thankfully other countries saw though our bulls**t.
When will the USA do something about its own abominable situation of inequality, homelessness, lack of real healthcare for all, education, poverty, infrastructure, military waste and destruction (BY the USA, not OF it-which enemies have attacked?)?
Probably about a week after hell freezes over.
Considering the weather chaos, that might actually be pretty soon.
Nikki Haley…dumb as a box of rocks. Very sad to have this belligerent idiot in this position. Nothing has changed from the previous occupier of this seat, who was Samantha Powers. Funny how Nikki (I am selective on human rights) Haley has said absolutely nothing about Saudi Arabia’s horrific slaughter against the citizens of Yemen. Total hypocrite.
seems like france is developing something of a backbone recently.
Oh, no!
The Congressional filth will be condemned to eat “Freedom Fries” again.
The rest of the world should be funneling funds and talent to the Norks with the sole proviso that the missiles are solely targeted at Washington DC and lower Manhattan.