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<font size=4><b>Iran sanctions worthless, Chavez says <br>
</b></font><font size=3>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:23:42 GMT<br>
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</a>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has strongly condemned a fourth
round of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear
program. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
<b>"Israel massacres, kills, doesn't comply with United Nations
resolutions ... and the United Nations acts as if nothing has
happened," the Venezuelan president said. <br><br>
</b>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. <br><br>
UNSC member states Brazil and Turkey voted against the new round of
sanctions, while Lebanon abstained from voting. <br><br>
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacted strongly to the resolution
on Wednesday, saying, "For the Iranian nation, such resolutions
count for nothing." <br><br>
Chavez also praised and affirmed recent remarks by the Iranian president
on the UNSC vote, saying "Well said, man. Not worth a penny."
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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. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
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