Iran minister criticizes Trump for focusing on Iran at UN
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Iran's foreign minister sharply criticized US President Donald Trump Wednesday for abusing the US presidency of the Security Council this month by holding a meeting on Iran's international activities during the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN in late September.
Mohammad Javad Zarif was responding in a tweet to US Ambassador Nikki Haley's announcement Tuesday that Trump will chair a meeting to address "violations of international law and general instability Iran sows throughout the entire Middle East region."
She accused Iran of supporting terrorism and destabilizing activities in Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.
Zarif tweeted that Trump "plans to abuse presidency of SC to divert a session —item devoted to Palestine for 70 years —to blame Iran for horrors US & clients have unleashed across the Middle East."
He also accused Trump of violating a 2015 UN Security Council resolution, number 2231, that endorsed the Iran nuclear deal. The president withdrew the United States from the nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers in May.
Zarif said "@realDonaldTrump is violating it & bullying others to do same."
