UN’s Guterres condemns Iran attack, Israel calls for UNSC to take action
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned the attack, stating in a post on X that it was an “unprecedented escalation and a grave threat to regional security.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel early Sunday morning, as the combined forces of the US, Jordan, and British armies fought alongside Israel to protect the Jewish state.“I strongly condemn the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched on Israel by the Islamic Republic of Iran this evening. I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities,” Guterres stated in a post on X. “I am deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation,” he said, as he urged “maximum restraint to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East.“I have repeatedly stressed that neither the region nor the world can afford another war,” he stated.Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wrote a letter to UN Security Council President Maltese Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, asking that the 15-member body condemn the Iranian attack. “The gravity and the volume of the attacks are unprecedented and are a flagrant violation of Israel’s sovereignty, of international law, and of Security Council resolutions,” Erdan said. “The time has come for the Security Council to take action against the Iranian threat,” he said.
One diplomat told Reuters that the UNSC could meet on the Iran attack as early as Sunday.
Iran's mission to the UN blames Israel
Iran’s mission to the UN in New York stated in a post on X early Sunday morning that its attack was an act of self-defense permissible under Article 51 of the UN Charter.“Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus,” it wrote, as it referred to the April 1 strike that killed seven of its military officials.
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