UN divided on Iran sanctions violations
The UN Security Council has refused to back a report by a panel of experts which unanimously concluded that Iran violated UN sanctions when it launched several ballistic missiles last July.
Australia's UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan, who chairs the committee monitoring sanctions on Iran, said Monday the council refused to endorse the panel's conclusion that Iran violated – or probably violated – sanctions by shipping weapons to Yemeni insurgents in January that were seized by the government. Quinlan told the council that UN member states should redouble efforts to implement ballistic missile-related sanctions on Iran. (AP)
