Washington has called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in the Islamic Republic after the demonstrations in recent days. While Moscow, (also flanked by China), said it was against, accusing the United States of interfering in the country's internal affairs, and threatened to ask for a procedural vote to try to block the meeting on the subject. However, the hypothesis vanished when it became clear that the US had a majority of 9 yes (out of 15) to proceed. “Human rights are not the gift of a government, but inalienable rights. Freedom and human dignity cannot be separated from peace and security ”, thundered the American ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley. He then underlined that “the regime in Iran deprives its people of basic human rights. We are with those who seek freedom, prosperity and dignity… We need to do more ”. Haley recalled that “the world has witnessed the horrors that took place in Syria, which began with a murderous regime that denied the people's right to protest peacefully. We must not allow this to happen in Iran too ”. The Russian ambassador, Vasily Nebenzia, for his part attacked Washington stating: "Today we see once again how the US is abusing the Security Council platform". "We are sorry for the loss of life, but let Iran take care of its internal affairs - he added - Following your logic we should have had Council meetings after the American events in Ferguson and Occupy Wall Street". From Moscow, on the other hand, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in recent hours that the "US continues its policy, interfering openly or covertly in the affairs of other states". "With apparent concern for human rights and democracy, they shamelessly attack the sovereignty of other nations", he added, underlining that "it is in this light that we see the American initiative to convene a meeting of the Security Council of 'UN on a strictly internal problem ”. For Ryabkov, Tehran's claims that the US is leading the bitter street demonstrations from abroad "are not unfounded": Washington "uses whatever means available" to undermine hostile foreign governments. Yesterday, meanwhile, Tehran also accused the US of "grotesque" interference in its internal affairs, and of "inciting" anti-government protests through a series of "absurd tweets". In a letter sent to the UN secretary general, the Iranian envoy to the UN Headquarters, Gholamali Khoshroo, said that the US administration “has exceeded all limits in violating the rules and principles of international law. Source Ansa
