Iran’s president tells Macron US ‘must receive response to their aggression’
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says the United States must “receive a response” to attacks on nuclear sites in Iran during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“The Americans must receive a response to their aggression,” Pezeshkian told the French leader, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Response to US will depend on ‘conditions of war’
Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan said Tehran will decide how to respond to US aggression based on the evolving “conditions of war”. He described Israel’s reliance on the US as a sign of its weakness in the face of Iran’s missile and defense capabilities, the IRNA news agency reported.
UN chief says US strikes mark ‘perilous turn in a region that is already reeling’
The United Nations chief has just spoken at an emergency special session of the Security Council. Here are the major talking points:
- The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the US marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling.
- We now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation.
- To avoid it, diplomacy must prevail, civilians must be protected, and safe maritime navigation must be guaranteed.
- We must act immediately and decisively to halt the fighting and return to serious, sustained negotiations on the Iran nuclear programme.
- The Non-Proliferation Treaty is a cornerstone of international peace and security. Iran must fully respect it.
- All member states must act in accordance with their obligations under the UN Charter and other rules of international law, including international humanitarian law.
- The UN stands ready to support any and all efforts toward a peaceful resolution.
Draft UNSC resolution proposed by Russia, China and Pakistan
This draft resolution will not be voted on in today’s UN Security Council meeting. It’s just a draft, so it still needs to circulate among Security Council members before it goes up for a vote. The earliest would be early to mid- next week.
This draft resolution, proposed by Russia, China, and Pakistan, is concise. It’s only a page and a half long but contains two key points.
It condemns, in the strongest terms, the attacks against the peaceful nuclear sites and facilities safeguarded by the IAEA in Iran.
It states that the attack poses a grave threat to international peace and security and constitutes a serious threat to the entire safeguards regime of the IAEA. It does not specifically name the United States.
It also calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
The fact that it calls for an immediate ceasefire, if this ultimately goes to a vote, the US could very well veto it.
UNSC is really pointless when the aggressors have veto power, Russia and USA currently, yet China, UK and France have veto power as well.
