U.S. vows to push for U.N. action on Iran despite Russian opposition

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By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday vowed to continue pushing for United Nations Security Council action on Iran's recent ballistic missile tests and accused Russia of looking for reasons not to respond to Iranian violations of a U.N. resolution. "This merits a council response," U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told reporters after a closed-door meeting of the 15-nation Security Council convened at Washington's request. "Russia seems to be lawyering its way to look for reasons not to act," she said.




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