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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-un-idUSKBN19K32N
U.S. Envoy Slams UN Security Council for Inaction on Iran
(Reuters) Michelle Nichols - U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed the Security Council on Thursday for failing to take any action against Iran, which she said had "repeatedly and deliberately violated" sanctions imposed by the body. "The Security Council has failed to even take minimal steps to respond to these violations," Haley said. "We must...show Iran that we will not tolerate their egregious flaunting of UN resolutions." While most UN sanctions were lifted 18 months ago under a deal Iran made with key world powers to curb its nuclear program, Iran is still subject to an arms embargo and other restrictions, enshrined in resolution 2231. "The secretary-general's report makes clear that Iran is in violation of the Security Council resolution 2231 and so the question becomes 'what is the Security Council going to do about it?'" Haley said.