
YNET reports: Iranian bid to secure non-permanent Security Council seat denied by huge majority; Japan wins Asian seat with 158 votes, compared to Iran’s 32. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni lauds UN’s decision.
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Livni added that the UN averted disgrace by preventing Iran from joining the Security Council, stressing that international activity vis-à-vis Iran and the threat it represents “must continue at all levels and with greater force.”