President Hassan Rouhani: “This day was recorded in the history of Iran in fighting the Global Arrogance.”

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has celebrated a “humiliating” defeat for the US in the UN Security Council, with the Trump Administration failing to secure an extension of the arms embargo on Tehran.

On Friday, the Administration’s resolution for an extension, pursued for months, was supported only by the Dominican Republic. Russia and China voted No, and the 11 other Council members — including the UK, Germany, and France — abstained.

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Rouhani said in a televised speech on Saturday:

“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!

The great success was that the United States was defeated in this conspiracy with humiliation.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi proclaimed, “In the 75 years of United Nations history, America has never been so isolated…..Last night, Iran’s active diplomacy, along with the legal force of (the 2015 nuclear deal), defeated the United States again at the Security Council.”

Rouhani proclaimed in his speech:

The reason why the resolution had 11 abstentions and 2 votes against it was because everyone believes that maintaining the JCPOA [nuclear deal] is necessary for world security and the United States failed miserably in this area. [This day] was recorded in the history of Iran in fighting the Global Arrogance.

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The embargo on conventional arms to Iran expires October 18, under the terms of a resolution paralleling the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia).

After Friday’s vote, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would pursue “snapback” sanctions against Tehran, claiming Iranian violations of the terms of the nuclear agreement.

Donald Trump said in his White House appearance on Friday, “We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week.”

But neither Pompeo nor Trump explained how the US could pursue the measures, given that the Trump Administration withdrew from the nuclear agreement in May 2018, six months before it imposed comprehensive unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

ran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi warned the Adminsitration:

Imposition of any sanctions or restrictions on Iran by the Security Council will be met severely by Iran and our options are not limited. And the United States and any entity which may assist it or acquiesce in its illegal behavior will bear the full responsibility.