Why it matters:
The U.S. was the only country among the 15 Security Council members to block the resolution, despite overwhelming global support.
The veto has intensified criticism of American foreign policy in West Asia, especially as Gazans continue to suffer under Israeli bombardment and global outrage against Israeli genocide grows louder.
The big picture:
This latest U.S. veto marks over 50 times Washington has blocked Security Council efforts to hold Israel accountable over several decades.
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, this pattern of protection has enabled Israeli impunity and fueled ongoing occupation, violence, and alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
What he's saying:
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the U.S. veto is “a blatant insult” to the international community’s demand for peace and a ceasefire.
“This action confirms the moral decline of U.S. policymakers and proves their complicity in child killings and mass atrocities in occupied Palestine,” he said.
He also emphasized that the U.S. has long obstructed any serious UN action against Israel, directly contributing to the persistence of war crimes and ethnic cleansing.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, also in post in X, reacted to the expulsion of an MP from the German parliament plenary chamber for wearing a t-shirt with the word "Palestine" and said:
"The fact that even the word Palestine on a T-shirt is too much for Germany’s Bundestag is extremely ironic and suggestive of systemic hypocrisy of those same people who claim to support an independent Palestinian State."
Key points:
- The UN resolution was backed by 14 out of 15 Security Council members.
- The U.S. was the only country to vote against the ceasefire proposal.
- Iran described the veto as evidence of U.S. involvement in Israeli “genocide.”
- Tehran pointed to a decades-long pattern of U.S. vetoes, over 50, shielding Israel from international accountability.
- Iran called on Muslim and regional states to use their collective and national capacities to pressure Israel and its supporters to stop the violence.
Go deeper:
This development comes amid growing international frustration with Washington’s perceived double standards on human rights.
Iran’s strong rebuke reflects a broader shift in global sentiment, particularly among the Global South and Islamic nations, which demand accountability and structural change at the UN, especially in how the Security Council exercises its veto power.
Hossein Vaez
