Russia, China veto Iran move in UNSC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Pakistan on Thursday abstained from voting on a resolution seeking to extend the mandate of an independent panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, as China and Russia vetoed the measure, reiterating their position that all UN measures against Tehran had been lifted under the nuclear deal with world powers.
43% : Beijing and Moscow vetoed the Security Council resolution seeking to extend the mandate of the independent monitoring panel, reviving their argument that all UN measures against Tehran had been removed under the nuclear deal with world powers.
39% : Explaining Pakistan's position, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, stressed that the Iran nuclear issue should be addressed through peaceful means and called for a non-confrontational and cooperative approach to achieving lasting peace.
37% : "We strongly urge Western colleagues to stop their very dangerous actions on the Iran front, which threaten further complication of settling of the crisis in the Persian Gulf," Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the Security Council.
34% : All UN sanctions on Iran were reimposed a year ago after France, Britain and Germany accused Tehran of violating the 2015 nuclear pact aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.

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