Rouhani: US will hopefully face defeat in anti-Iran bid at UNSC

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has “high hopes” that the US will fail in its push to extend the UN arms embargo on Tehran and will face isolation at the Security Council, urging neighboring countries not to let Washington “exploit” them to advance its own agenda. Speaking during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani said the resolution proposed by the US to block the expiry of the Iranian arms embargo violates UNSC Resolution 2231, which enshrined the 2015 nuclear deal — officially known as the Joint...