The adoption of new sanctions against Iran weakens the United Nations Security Council, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.
The Council approved on Wednesday a new package of economic sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program.
"The Security Council has the same balance of power now as it did in 1948, when it was created," the Brazilian leader said on Wednesday.
The fourth round of sanctions imposed on Iran includes tougher financial controls and an expanded arms embargo. They also stipulate an asset ban and a travel freeze on more than three dozen companies and individuals.
Twelve members of the council's 15 members voted for the resolution, which was sponsored by the five permanent members of the Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia. Turkey and Brazil, two of the Council's current rotating members, voted against the resolution.
Turkey and Brazil have brokered a deal in which Iran is to swap its uranium in Turkey for fuel to use in a Tehran research reactor.
After the sanctions were adopted, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced the resolution as a "used tissue that should be thrown in the garbage."
Earlier this week, Ahmadinejad said Tehran would pull out of international talks on its nuclear program if the sanctions were approved.
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 10 (RIA Novosti)
