The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China ​on Thursday over Iran's nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it ‌launched on Iran two weeks ago, Reuters reported. 

At a meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which is chaired this month by the U.S., Russia and China moved unsuccessfully to block a discussion about a committee established to oversee and enforce U.N. sanctions on Iran. They were overruled 11-2 with two ​abstentions.

Addressing the council, U.S. envoy to the United Nations Mike Waltz accused Moscow and Beijing of seeking to protect ​Tehran by blocking the work of the so-called 1737 Committee, according to Reuters.