Iran condemned the veto of the Security Council resolution by the United States

According to the foreign policy group of Fars News Agency, the United States of America vetoed the draft resolution of the United Nations Security Council to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza this morning (Saturday), December 18.

The draft of this resolution, which calls for the establishment of a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, was presented by the United Arab Emirates. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanani, while condemning the action of the United States in re-vetoing the UN Security Council resolution with the aim of establishing an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, said that the American government once again proved that it is the main actor and agent in the killing of civilians and Palestinian citizens, especially women and children and the destruction of vital infrastructure in Gaza.

According to Fars report, while 13 members of the Security Council voted in favor of this resolution, England abstained and so did the United States. vetoed it.

Robert E. Wood, the US deputy representative to the United Nations, said at the Security Council meeting that Washington does not support calls for an immediate ceasefire. He claimed that such an action will sow the seeds of the next war.

According to Kanani, since the beginning of the brutal attack of the child-killing Zionist regime against Gaza, the American regime has repeatedly allied itself with the apartheid regime of Israel in committing has proven the war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian nation.

The spokesperson of the diplomatic service added: the current officials of the United States of America, who in a dress of fraud and hypocrisy, expressed the lives of children and civilians in Gaza. They were worried, last week they delivered their 200th shipment of arms and military aid to Israel’s child-killing army, and for more than two months, they have not received any military, political, intelligence or media support for the barbaric crimes of the Zionist regime against the defenseless Palestinian people in the Strip. Gaza and the West Bank have not surrendered.

He pointed out: There is no doubt that the American government was complicit in the brutal killing of nearly 18,000 civilians, of whom about 8,000 are oppressed children, and the consequences of any expansion are certain. The scope of the war in the region is against the usurping regime of America and Israel.

This senior Iranian diplomat added that the legacy of the inhumane and racist policies of the United States authorities for the future generations of this country will be nothing but shame and dishonor. .

The American negative vote to this resolution brought reactions, including Gilad Erdan, the representative of Israel, in a message on the X social network, thanked the Joe Biden administration for its “resolute support for Israel”. . Dmitry Polyansky, the deputy representative of Russia in the United Nations, also said: “Once again, American diplomacy is leaving a scorched earth and destruction.” According to Fars report, in two months Recently, following the attacks of the Zionist regime on Gaza, which took place in response and under the pretext of the Al-Aqsa storm operation, a one-week temporary ceasefire was established, which was initially four days and then extended, and after a week of temporary ceasefire, the Israeli regime on Friday Last week, on the 10th of Azar, he resumed his attacks on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and these attacks are still continuing.

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