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Iran is No. 1 sponsor of terrorism, says US ahead of UN arms embargo talks

Diplomat says the United States hopes Russia and China will not be co-sponsors of the number one state that sponsors terrorism and will see the importance of peace in the Middle East

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Hook, the US envoy, said Iran has not been cooperating with the UN nuclear agency for a year and there isn't some acceptable level of non-compliance that we will accept out of fear that they'll do something worse.

AP | PTI United Nations

3 min read Last Updated : Aug 07 2020 | 1:11 PM IST

The US ambassador to the United Nations called Iran the world's number one sponsor of terrorism on Thursday and warned Russia and China that they will become co-sponsors if they block a resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran.

Ambassador Kelly Craft said the United States hopes Russia and China will not be co-sponsors of the number one state that sponsors terrorism and will see the importance of peace in the Middle East.

But she said the partnership between Russia and China, not only on backing Iran, is very clear: "They're just going to be promoting chaos, conflict and mayhem

Topics : US-Iran tensions Terrorism United Nations Middle East Russia China United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UN Security Council

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