Iran calls for UN Security Council meeting
The semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that Iran’s mission to the UN has demanded an urgent meeting of the Security Council following the US’s attacks on its nuclear facilities.
The mission described the US bombing as a “blatant and illegal aggression”, and demanded it be condemned in the strongest possible terms.
The mission also called for “all necessary measures to be taken within the framework of the Council’s responsibilities under the United Nations Charter, so that the perpetrator of these heinous crimes is held fully accountable and does not escape punishment”.
Iran demands IAEA investigate US attacks on nuclear sites
Iran is calling for an investigation into the US attacks on its nuclear facilities. That’s according to a letter from the country’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, to IAEA head Rafael Grossi, Iran’s SNN news network reported.
Eslami urged Grossi to condemn the US action and take appropriate measures. He criticised Grossi for his “inaction and complicity”, adding Iran will pursue “appropriate legal measures”.
“This letter expresses its protest against the gross violation of international laws and regulations, especially the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” it said.
Earlier, Grossi said he’s calling an emergency meeting of the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors following the US air attacks.
Iran has legal right to leave NPT: Lawmaker
Iran has the legal right to withdraw from the nuclear Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – based on its Article 10 – following US strikes on three nuclear facilities, Abbas Golroo, head of the parliament foreign policy committee, says.
Article 10 states that an NPT member has “the right to withdraw from the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country”.
NPT is a landmark international treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It was opened for signature on July 1, 1968, and entered into force on March 5, 1970.
Araghchi to European officials: ‘US blew up diplomacy’
The Iranian foreign minister has issued a new statement on social media, commenting on European officials urging Iran to “return” to negotiations following the US attacks.
“Last week, we were in negotiations with the US when Israel decided to blow up that diplomacy. This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy,” Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.
“What conclusion would you draw? To Britain and the EU High Rep, it is Iran which must ‘return’ to the table,” he said.
“But how can Iran return to something it never left, let alone blew up?”
Last week, we were in negotiations with the US when Israel decided to blow up that diplomacy.
This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy.
What conclusion would you draw?
To Britain and the EU High Rep, it is Iran which must "return"…
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 22, 2025
