Israel war: UN Security Council to meet Sunday over US strikes on Iran

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council is due to meet later on Sunday, diplomats said, after the United States joined Israel’s assault on Iran and hit the country’s main nuclear sites overnight in strikes with massive bunker-busting bombs.

Iran requested the meeting, calling on the 15-member body “to address this blatant and unlawful act of aggression, to condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement on Sunday that the US and Israel “do not deserve any condemnation, but rather an expression of appreciation and gratitude for making the world a safer place.”

Pakistan and Iran at Security Council

Pakistan on Friday warned the Council that any misadventure in the Middle East would push the entire region into an unimaginable conflict, reiterating a full support to Iran and the Iranian people.

During the Friday session, Iran’s ambassador to UN Ali Bahreini said his country was alarmed by the reports that the US may be joining the ongoing war. He reaffirmed that “Iran will continue to exercise the right to self-defence until Israeli aggression ends”.

IAEA’s emergency meeting

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has also called an emergency meeting on Sunday following the US attack on the Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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The UN’s nuclear watchdog is due to meet on Monday, BBC confirmed, citing IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi who took to social networking website X, saying that an emergency meeting has been called for tomorrow (Monday).