Iran crisis: France criticizes U.S. over U.N. meeting
By Reuters
06 January 2018 |
4:45 pm
A United Nations Security Council discussion on Iran's civil unrest turned into criticism of the United States for requesting to meet over what some member states said was an internal issue for Tehran.
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