Tehran, Sept. 18 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf hailed China and Russia's vetoes at the United Nations Security Council, saying the votes rejected the "political abuse" of the Security Council and reaffirmed the rule of law.

In a post on X, Ghalibaf said, "The unipolar order in which one side extracts concessions through force and coercion has ended. China and Russia's vetoes rejected the political abuse of the Security Council and reaffirmed the rule of law. We must defend multilateralism; unilateralism serves no one's interests."

Ghalibaf's remarks came after the Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution that would have extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts supporting the 1737 Iran Sanctions Co...