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US, Gulf Arab Nations Draft New UN Resolution on Strait of Hormuz
The draft would impose sanctions if Iran keeps threatening commercial shipping and could still face a veto from Russia or China.
- On Thursday, the United States and Bahrain introduced a UN Security Council draft resolution urging Iran to halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to protect freedom of navigation in the critical waterway.
- Ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz have dropped by over 90 per cent since late February, prompting the draft to condemn Iran's alleged "actions and threats aimed at closing, obstructing, tolling" freedom of navigation.
- Russia and China are expected to veto the measure, as China criticized the text's invocation of Chapter VII of the UN Charter, despite it building on Council resolution 2817 .
- Denouncing the resolution as "deeply flawed, one-sided, and politically motivated," Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani argued the US lacks moral standing to defend maritime security while maintaining a military blockade on Iranian ships.
- Meanwhile, sources indicate the US and Iran are edging toward a temporary agreement to halt their war, with Tehran currently reviewing a proposal that would stop fighting but leave contentious issues unresolved.
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The US appeals to the UN Council to demand the reopening of Ormuz, at a time when the draft resolution runs the risk of being vetoed by Russia and China. Iran asks which countries "do not give in under pressure".
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Saudi Arabia’s UN envoy calls for free flow of shipping through
NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN said there was an urgent need to "safeguard the stability and security” of the Strait of Hormuz as Gulf nations and the United States pressed the UN on Thursday to demand Iran end its blockage of the vital waterway. Abdulaziz Alwasil made his comments alongside Gulf allies and the US at the UN as they urged countries
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