NYT > World News Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program Par : Zane Irwin 17 septembre 2026 à 14:13 The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran. © Dave Sanders for The New York TimesVasily Nebenzya, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, condemned what he called “the destructive path of our Western colleagues” when it came to exerting pressure on Iran.