UNITED NATIONS
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was divided over extension of Iran sanctions due to the country's ballistic missile tests.
Australia's UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan, who chairs the committee monitoring sanctions on Iran, said Monday that Iran violated the sanctions by shipping weapons to Yemeni insurgents in January that were seized by the government.
Quinlan also stated that most of the members endorsed the panel's view for extension of sanctions.
But Quinlan also said "at this stage some committee members cannot share this view."
Some diplomatic sources show Russia and China that do not back the council's redouble efforts to implement ballistic missile-related sanctions on Iran.
In response to Iran’s continued illicit nuclear activities, the United States and other countries had imposed unprecedented sanctions to censure Iran and prevent its further progress in prohibited nuclear activities, as well as to persuade Tehran to address the international community’s concerns about its nuclear program.
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