TEHRAN: Iran’s president said on Thursday that the UN Security Council meeting chaired by President Donald Trump the previous day reflected America’s increasing isolation among the international community. “Nobody backed the United States, putting America into a unique historical and political isolation,” said Hassan Rouhani, speaking to reporters at Tehran’s airport after returning from New York, where he addressed the UN General Assembly. “Very interesting, someone invites leaders to a UN Security Council meeting after himself having trampled on a resolution by the very same council,” Rouhani said, referring to the council resolution that backed the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Trump has said the United States will issue another round of tougher sanctions in November aimed at crippling Iran’s oil sales and banking sector. “The Syrian regime’s butchery is enabled by Russia and Iran,” Trump said with respect to Syria’s civil war.

Source: Pakistan Today September 27, 2018 15:00 UTC