UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”
The UN chief told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday that everything possible must be done to prevent further escalation.
“The alternative,” he warned, “is a potentially wider conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability.”
Guterres also condemned Iran’s retaliatory strikes for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, said it was “hypocritical” to condemn the airstrikes. He argued that Iran is responsible for the actions of its allies in the Middle East and for its nuclear and missile programs, and that Israel and the United States acted "to prevent an irreversible and immediate threat."
With the leader of Iran probably dead, much of the world is on tenterhooks as to how many more bombs will drop and if there will be some change in the Iranian government.
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