New York: Council President Switzerland said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the Israeli attack on Iran. The Swiss mission to the United Nations said that the meeting came at the request of Iran and with the support of Algeria, China and Russia.
“The actions of the Israeli regime constitute a serious threat to international peace and security and further destabilize an already fragile region,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a letter to the 15-member council on Saturday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, in line with the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and under international law, reserves its inherent right to a lawful and legitimate response to these criminal attacks in a timely manner,” he wrote.
Dozens of Israeli aircraft completed three waves of strikes before dawn Saturday against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, the Israeli military said.
This was in response to the attack launched by Iran on October 1 on Israel with about 200 ballistic missiles, and Israel warned its arch enemy, which is heavily armed, to respond after the latest strike.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon rejected Iran’s complaint at the UN, saying in a statement on Sunday that Iran “is trying to move against us on the diplomatic arena with the ridiculous claim that Israel has violated international law.”
Danon said: “As we have said repeatedly, we have the right and duty to defend ourselves and we will use all means at our disposal to protect the citizens of Israel.”
The spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said in a statement that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on “all parties to stop all military actions, including in Gaza and Lebanon, and to make maximum efforts to prevent the outbreak of a comprehensive regional war and to return to the path of diplomacy.” “. Saturday.