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China, Russia request urgent UN Security Council meeting on Iran

Russia and China have requested an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the situation around Iran, the state-run RIA news agency reported, citing Russia's mission to the United Nations.

Ksenia Orlova

Reuters

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February 28, 2026

China, Russia request urgent UN Security Council meeting on Iran

A man walks past a Chinese national flag in Beijing, China February 24, 2026.

Tingshu Wang/Reuters


MOSCOW - Russia and China have requested an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the situation around Iran, the state-run RIA news agency reported, citing Russia's mission to the United Nations.


-Reporting by Ksenia Orlova; Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Aidan Lewis)




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