DW: The United States' embargo proposal faced strong opposition from China and Russia. The Iran arms embargo is set to end in October 2020.

The UN�Security Council rejected the United States' calls for an indefinite extension to the arms embargo on Iran on Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.

"The Security Council's failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable," Pompeo said�ahead of the council announcing the results of the vote.

The main opponents to the US-sponsored resolution were China and Russia.

The embargo on Iran is set to end in October this year, under a provision of UN Resolution 2231, in which the Security Council backed the nuclear deal�between Tehran�and�a group of world powers.

The actors that signed the agreement in Vienna in 2015�include the five permanent members of the Security Council�� the US, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China � plus Germany and the European Union.

jsi/stb�(AP, Reuters)