Posted on 01/04/2018 4:48:08 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
The UN Security Council is holding a meeting on Friday to discuss the Iran protests. The US called for the extraordinary council sitting...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is reported to have said: Iran's domestic affairs have nothing to do with the United Nations Security Council's role.
He added that the possibility of new US sanctions on Iran were illegitimate.
Nikki Haley, the US Representative at the UN, proposed the emergency meeting of the Security Council earlier this week.
Speaking on Tuesday she said: Nowhere is the urgency of peace, security, and freedom being more tested than in Iran.
It takes great bravery for the Iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government, especially when their own Government has a long history of murdering its own people who dare to speak the truth.
She added the international community has a role to play in the conflict and that the UN must speak out.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested and at least 21 people have been killed during the Riot police have used extreme measures such as water cannon and tear gas to try and disperse crowds.
President Trump criticised Irans actions on Twitter earlier this week.
On Twitter, he said: Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regimes corruption and its squandering of the nations wealth to fund terrorism abroad.
Iranian government should respect their peoples rights, including the right to express themselves. The world is watching.
Protests across Iran broke out on December 28 as furious citizens called on President Hassan Rouhanis Government to focus less on issues abroad and more on domestic problems.
Chants of "not Gaza, not Lebanon, my life for Iran" and "leave Syria, think about us" have broken out in cities across the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
“Savages” What hyperbole.
Obama worked closely with the Russians to protect the Iranian regime.
POTUS, Trump....time to take down the governments of Iran, North Korea, Venezuela & Cuba!!! Freedom, Liberty, Free Political Choice, Individual Excellence, Equality, Opportunity, Quality of Life, unfettered by tyrants, despots, dictators, like Muslim, Terrorist, Barack Hussein Obama and Criminal, Hillary Clinton.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova fired off a statement dripping with sarcasm and aimed directly at Haley.
There is no doubt that the U.S. delegation has something to tell the world, Zakharova wrote on Facebook. For example, Nikki Haley can share Americas experience in breaking up protests, going into detail about how, say, the mass arrests and the stifling of the Occupy Wall Street movement happened or how Ferguson was quelled.
- Vice magazine (normally liberal mag so I do not tend to post their stuff on FR)
I tend to agree with Russia on this, what Iran does internally, what its citizens do or dont do, is their business. It seems to me that its none of our business, just like its none of their business what we do inside our borders. Now, what Iran does outside its borders is an entirely different matter.
As she says?
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova fired off a statement dripping with sarcasm and aimed directly at Haley.
There is no doubt that the U.S. delegation has something to tell the world, Zakharova wrote on Facebook. For example, Nikki Haley can share Americas experience in breaking up protests, going into detail about how, say, the mass arrests and the stifling of the Occupy Wall Street movement happened or how Ferguson was quelled.
How dare the Russians make this savage statement, why every Progressive knows the UN Security Council should run the internal affairs of all nations.
They really don’t have a clue do they.
Those protests essentially ran their course without direct hands on police or national guard involvement.
Perhaps some, but not much at least that I heard of.
That sure as hell hasn't stopped the un from messing in our affairs.
Russia just hates to see one more repressive thuggery type national government bite the dust.
“Iran’s domestic affairs have nothing to do with the United Nations Security Council’s role.”
Yep, they only concern themselves with Israel’s domestic affairs, and America’s. Anyway, all the smart people know that Trump and Russia are in cahoots, so no worries here.
Darn, Maria Zakharova has managed to get a hold of a copy of the New York Times, or maybe the Washington Post, I wonder who let them get out?
These do devolve down into ridiculous discussions, don’t they. Better to stand off and let Iranians solve their own problems, protest or civil war, or whatever. If we don’t like how this occurs or the results, we can always stop doing business with them, isolate them, etc. Seriously, if they massacre their citizens, that’s about all we can do as we won’t go to war over it. Heck, we’ve refused to go to war over blatant genocide around the world, so why, beyond political theatrics, step into Iran’s internal affairs? Seems like it will only reinforce the government anyway. Should we give aid to protesters, they become foreign agents and, like we’d do, be discredited.
I think Trump sees a lot more at stake for us and our interests than we realize. Delicate balance indeed.
Putin should get better control over his spokespeople.
Russia has a compelling interest in Iran.
Look at a map.
It’s the only country between central Russia and the Indian ocean.
I agree with your post, which is full of strong common sense.
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