[Source](https://justthenews.com/government/security/russia-china-veto-unsc-resolution-strait-hormuz) > Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a resolution of the United Nations Security Council calling for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Iran war. > UNSC resolutions require that no member oppose the move and a single objection would have doomed the vote. The resolution failed with 11 nations voting for it, two against, and two abstaining, the Associated Press reported. > The vote comes ahead of a looming Tuesday evening deadline that President Donald Trump set for the Iranians to reopen the strait or face the destruction of their civil and energy infrastructure.