The United Nations Security Council on Friday rejected a U.S. proposal to extend a five-year ban on the sale of conventional weapons to Iran, leaving Washington isolated on an issue that once drew a broad consensus. The resolution had been widely expected to fail, given opposition from China and Russia and other states. Still, the result serves as a rebuke to U.S. arguments that Washington had built broad-based support for its position through diplomacy. Trump administration officials have touted consensus among Israel and...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 14, 2020 22:45 UTC