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UN chief urges US, Iran to pursue peace talks, warns against escalation
Guterres warned that a military clash could spread across the region and said humanitarian aid restrictions in Gaza must be lifted.
- On Monday, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged maximum restraint during a Cairo press conference, warning that current "sabre-rattling" could spiral regional conflict between the United States and Iran out of control.
- Escalating tensions prompted high-stakes talks in Tehran, where representatives from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are meeting to address the threat of overwhelming mutual military attacks between Iran and Gulf nations.
- Guterres also addressed broader regional instability, condemning "unrelenting" evictions in the West Bank and calling for a two-State solution, alongside demands to end fighting in Sudan and unify Libyan institutions.
- Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty confirmed Cairo is "talking daily with the Iranians, we are talking with the Americans" to prevent a full-scale military clash through engagement with regional partners.
- Warning of "unimaginable" consequences, Guterres stressed that navigational rights and freedoms must be fully restored in and around the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to protect global trade.
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UN chief urges US, Iran to pursue peace talks, warns against escalation
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for peace talks to end the war between the United States and Iran, urging maximum restraint and diplomatic solutions. "If the sabre-rattling we are witnessing now translates itself into a major escalation, the situation in the region can get out of control," he told journalists in Cairo, Egypt. […] UN chief urges US, Iran to pursue peace talks, warns against escalation
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterrish called on the US and Iran to exercise restraint and to prevent the conflict from escalating." I want to make it clear that we need maximum restraint and diplomatic solutions.
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38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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