US push to sell Trump’s policy on Iran walloped at UN
Tehran (KNA) - US Ambassador Nikki Haley’s push to derail a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East towards Iran’s nuclear deal has been met with backlash as the participants seek to focus on Israeli-Palestinian issues, especially Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank.
During the meeting on the situation in the Middle East on Wednesday, Haley urged the Security Council to adopt President Donald Trump's toughening position on Tehran, but the call failed to draw any support, apparently indicating that Trump's "comprehensive approach" is alienating allies and leaving the US isolated internationally.Haley said that the Security Council as a whole is taking a "dangerously short-sighted approach" by only looking at compliance with the nuclear provisions, adding that "this council now has the opportunity to change its policy."The meeting was held a few days after Trump refused to formally recertify that Iran is complying with the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and warned that he might ultimately terminate the agreement. While Trump did not pull Washington out of the nuclear deal, he gave the US Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions against Tehran that were lifted under the pact. Reimposing sanctions would put the US at odds with other signatories to the accord, including the European Union, which has sharply criticized Washington's decision about the deal.
Source:Press TV