US EditionUS and Israel Clash with Iran at Emergency Security Council Meeting. UN Chief Condemns Attacks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned all violence and warned of potential wider conflict while urging an immediate return to negotiations to avoid regional instability.
- On Saturday, António Guterres condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes and urged negotiations to prevent escalation, speaking at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting.
- The U.S. and Israel said they struck to prevent an "irreversible and immediate threat" tied to Iran's proxies and nuclear and missile programmes after events raising conflict risks.
- Guterres condemned Iran's retaliatory attacks on regional states, and reports indicated the strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prompting a viral reaction from President Donald Trump.
- Britain and France, joined by Germany's chancellor, urged a resumption of U.S.-Iran negotiations during an emergency Security Council meeting, which occurred on the last day of the U.K.'s presidency.
- That diplomatic divisions are highlighted as the UN Secretary-General Guterres called for negotiations during an emergency Security Council meeting, with Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danon calling criticism `hypocrisy`.
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Amid rising US-Iran tensions, here’s how the United Nations reacted
Guterres said that the airstrikes by the United States and Israel violated international law, including the UN Charter, further condemning Iran's retaliation for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
UN Chief Denounces Strikes, Warns of a 'Wider Conflict'
The United Nations chief condemned the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations "to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink." Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday that everything must be done to prevent...
UN chief condemns US-Israeli attacks on Iran at Security Council
United Nations: The United Nations chief condemned the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, February 28, and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.” Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that everything must be done to prevent further escalation. “The alternative,” he warned, “is a potential wider conflict with grave consequen…
U.N. chief condemns U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran at emergency Security Council meeting
The United Nations' chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and called for an immediate return to talks 'to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.'
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Washington TimesU.N. chief condemns U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran during emergency Security Council meeting
The United Nations chief is condemning the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and calling for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”
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