The revised US draft resolution on extending the arms embargo on Iran failed to obtain the necessary votes for its adoption in the UN Security Council, while Tehran considered this failure an assertion of Washington’s isolation.

On Friday, only two countries voted in favor of the draft resolution, the United States and the Dominican Republic, and Russia and China opposed it, while 11 countries abstained.

The US draft resolution stipulates that the arms embargo imposed on Iran will be extended indefinitely, because the UN ban on arms sales to Iran will be gradually eased as of next October, in accordance with Council Resolution 2231 in which the Iranian nuclear agreement was approved. 2015.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that despite the visits, pressure and efforts made by Washington to pass the resolution in the Security Council, it was only able to persuade a small country to vote in favor of its resolution.

Mousavi emphasized that Iranian diplomacy combined with the strength of the nuclear agreement had led to the United States being defeated in the Security Council again.

He added that over the 75 years of the history of the United Nations, the United States had never been so isolated, as he put it.

Mousavi indicated that the international community once again clearly rejected America's attempts, which he described as reckless and futile, to undermine the position of the Security Council.

For his part, the Iranian representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Rawanji said that any return to international sanctions on his country would be met with a strict response.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the failure of the resolution, saying that this reflects the Council’s failure to maintain international peace and security.

In turn, the US representative to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, said that her country will seek to implement the return mechanism for all sanctions on Iran in the coming days.

In this context, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said that Britain, France and Germany did not support his country's endeavor at the Security Council disappointing, but that was not surprising.

In an interview with Fox News America, O'Brien added that the United States will continue its efforts at the United Nations, indicating that this may include the imposition of sanctions.

As for China, its mission to the United Nations said that the vast majority of the members of the Security Council believe that the Iran nuclear agreement and Security Council Resolution 2231 must be defended and implemented.

The Chinese mission confirmed in a tweet that Washington is no longer participating in the agreement, and if it insists on demanding the implementation of the return to the original state clause, its efforts are doomed to failure.

The Chinese mission added in a second tweet that the UN Security Council’s rejection of the US draft resolution on Iran showed once again that unilateralism has no support, and that "bullying" will fail, according to the tweet.

Summit proposal

After the failure in the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday to hold an Internet summit with the United States and the rest of the countries that are parties to the nuclear agreement, namely Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran. In an attempt to avoid a greater "confrontation and escalation" at the United Nations over Iran.

"The issue is urgent," Putin said in a statement. He added that the alternative would be "a further escalation of tension and an increase in the risk of conflict, and this scenario must be avoided."

The Elysee Palace confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to participate.

As for US President Donald Trump, when asked whether he would participate in that summit, he responded to reporters, saying, "I heard that there is something, but I have not been informed of it yet."

Trump says he wants to negotiate a new agreement with Iran that prevents it from developing nuclear weapons and imposes restrictions on its activities in the region and elsewhere. He described the nuclear agreement concluded in 2015 - reached by the administration of former US President Barack Obama - as "the worst agreement ever."