FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at protecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was vetoed on 7 April by Russia and China, after a vote of 11 in favor, 2 against, and 2 abstentions (Pakistan and Colombia). The draft, put forward by Bahrain, had been repeatedly softened in hopes of avoiding vetoes, and called for coordinated international efforts to secure navigation without explicitly authorizing force. Despite this, Moscow and Beijing blocked it, arguing it was biased against Iran and risked legitimizing outside military pressure. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Windward: Hormuz shipping is increasingly going dark var jnews_module_21369690_0_6a036e025357f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21369690","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,280,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"