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Under pressure from western powers, the UN Security Council is going to vote on Yemen and condemn Iran for alleged violating a UN arms embargo.
Britain drafted the resolution in consultation with the United States and France.
Russian has already declared its opposition to the drafted resolution. UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia has said that the resolution should be about renewing the work of experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen, rather than condemning Iran.
The draft text to renew U.N. sanctions on Yemen for another year would also allow the 15-member council to impose targeted sanctions for “any activity related to the use of ballistic missiles in Yemen,” the Reuters reported on February 18.
The US administration has been lobbying for months to hold Iran accountable for Yemeni Ansarullah movement’s achievements in defending their country against Saudi-led coalition’s aggression.
Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for almost three years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so far.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Over 13,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have lost their lives in the deadly military campaign.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
