Iran's president said on Saturday the United States suffered a humiliating defeat with the U.N. Security Council's refusal to extend an arms embargo on Tehran, while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the action a 'serious mistake.'
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waits to address the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine
“I don’t remember the United States preparing a resolution for months to strike a blow at the Islamic Republic of Iran, and it garners only one vote,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech. “But the great success was that the United States was defeated in this conspiracy with humiliation.”
The United States could now follow through on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran using a provision in the nuclear deal, known as snapback. Diplomats have said the United States could do this as early as next week, but that it would face a tough, messy battle.
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