[News] Iran sanctions worthless, Chavez says
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Thu Jun 10 10:43:19 EDT 2010
Iran sanctions worthless, Chavez says
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:23:42 GMT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=129844§ionid=351020104
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has strongly condemned a fourth
round of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
Speaking in a televised speech Wednesday night, Chavez condemned the
newly-approved UNSC measure against Iran and criticized the West for
not taking any such step against Israel.
"Israel massacres, kills, doesn't comply with United Nations
resolutions ... and the United Nations acts as if nothing has
happened," the Venezuelan president said.
On Wednesday, the 15-member UN Security Council passed a US- drafted
resolution for the imposition of new sanctions against Iran over its
nuclear program.
UNSC member states Brazil and Turkey voted against the new round of
sanctions, while Lebanon abstained from voting.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacted strongly to the
resolution on Wednesday, saying, "For the Iranian nation, such
resolutions count for nothing."
Chavez also praised and affirmed recent remarks by the Iranian
president on the UNSC vote, saying "Well said, man. Not worth a penny."
The fourth round of sanctions was adopted against Tehran over its
uranium enrichment program -- which has been portrayed as a threat in
the West despite repeated assurances from the International Atomic
Energy Agency on the non-diversion of nuclear material in the country.
This is while earlier on Tuesday, 118 member states of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) voiced their support for Iran's right to
the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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