Iran on Tuesday condemned the United States veto of a UN Security Council resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which it calls “provocative and unwise”. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on Monday vetoed the draft resolution which was backed by all 14 other members of the council.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the US administration “showed its lack of compliance with international resolutions by its provocative and unwise decision to recognise Al-Quds as the capital of the Zionist occupying regime”.
He said Washington’s veto despite the rest of the council supporting the resolution “proved that it seeks a compromise by trampling on the legal rights of all Palestinians”.