‘Is this a parody account?’ UN ambassador draws ire after claiming US ‘will not abandon’ people of Iran

Ambassador Kelly Craft's

Ambassador Kelly Craft’s effort to beautify a US push to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran and frame the move in humanitarian terms was met with mockery as observers contrasted her statement with Washington’s actions.

“The United States will not abandon the people of Iran or the region,” Craft said Tuesday on Twitter, in support of a US request to “snap back” sanctions on Iran. “We will never allow Iran, the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism, to freely buy and sell weapons of war,” she said, and accused other UN Security Council members who do not support US efforts of standing “in the company of terrorists.”

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