US President Donald Trump plans to lead a meeting of the heads of state of the UN Security Council on Iran in late September, his envoy Nikki Haley announced Tuesday (September 4th).
With the US now holding the presidency of the Security Council, Haley said the aim is to put further pressure on Tehran over its alleged violations of council resolutions.
"If you continue to look at the spread Iran has had in supporting terrorism, if you continue to look at the ballistic missile testing that they are doing, if you continue to look at the sales of weapons we see with the Houthis in Yemen -- these are all violations of security council resolutions," she said.
"These are all threats to the region, and these are all things that the international community needs to talk about," she added.
The US has sought to build up international pressure on Iran after reimposing tough, unilateral sanctions on August 7th and setting a November 5th deadline for halting Iran's oil exports.
