Ambassador of Iran and permanent representative to the United Nations has rejected allegations of violating the UN arms embargo on Yemen as “entirely unfounded,” reaffirming Tehran’s noninvolvement in any action breaching Security Council resolutions.
Amir Saeed Iravani made the remarks while addressing the UN Security Council during an open debate meeting titled “Strengthening Maritime Security through International Cooperation for Global Stability” on Tuesday.
His remarks came shortly after the acting US representative to the UN, Dorothy Shea, accused Tehran of violating a UN’s arms embargo on Yemen through supporting the Arab country’s Ansarullah resistance movement.
She further alleged that Ansarullah fighters “were able to threaten Red Sea maritime traffic” largely due to what she described as “Iran’s defiance of the UN arms embargo” on the movement.
“This Council must not tolerate this defiance and should impose consequences for sanctions violations,” she further said.
In response, Iran’s UN envoy said that Tehran “categorically” denied “the baseless, politically motivated accusations made by the representatives of the United States and the Israeli regime.”
