The Council has erased its initial schedule to fight against the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing the chief of the international nuclear surveillance dog supported by unrofit, who warned against serious risks for regional stability and nuclear security.
Night from Thursday to Friday, Israeli military strikes targeted nuclear installations across Iranincluding the Natanz enrichment site. Media relationships indicate that Hossein Salami, the head of the body of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), as well as several eminent nuclear scientists, were one of the people killed.
Strikes have also caused significant damage, including dozens of civilian victims. The region’s airspace has been widely closed and the security forces are on a high alert.
Additional Israeli strikes were reported on Friday evening to local time on Friday evening as well as ballistic missile launches by Iran which would have struck parties of Israel, including Aviv.
Avoid conflagration at all costs: Dicarlo
Rosemary Dicarlo, under-secretary general of the United Nations for political affairs, told ambassadors that the repercussions of the attacks are already reflected.
“I reaffirm the Secretary general Condemnation of any military climbing in the Middle East“She said, urging both Israel and Iran to show maximum restraint and”Avoid at all costs a descent into a deeper and wider regional conflict».
She also noted that military climbing came at a time when “certain important diplomatic developments” took place, in particular the planned takeover of the American-Iranian talks to Oman this weekend. The latest reports indicate that Iran will no longer witness it.
Ms. Dicarlo urged the parties to suspend the diplomatic course.
“” A peaceful resolution through negotiations remains the best way to ensure the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program“She said.
“We must at all costs avoid an increasing conflagration which would have enormous global consequences.”
The nuclear surveillance dog head urges the protection of atomic sites
Briefing of the Council, Rafael Grossi, Managing Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) said his agency was in constant contact with the Iranian nuclear regulatory authority to assess the state of affected installations and determine the larger impacts on nuclear safety and security.
Rafael Grossi (on the screen), managing director of the IAEA, briefs of the Security Council.
He stressed that nuclear sites should never be targeted – in no case.
“” Such attacks have serious implications for nuclear security, nuclear security and guarantees, as well as regional and international peace and security“Said Mr. Grossi.
He is ready to go to the region as soon as possible, he added, to assess the situation and support the efforts of security, security and non-proliferation in Iran.
“It is clear that the only lasting path to follow for Iran, for Israel, the whole region and the international community is one based on dialogue and diplomacy to ensure peace, stability and cooperation. “”
Mr. Grossi concluded by offering the IAEA as a neutral platform where “the facts prevail over rhetoric” and where technical commitment replaces climbing.
“I reaffirm my personal will and the agency to facilitate dialogue and support efforts that promote transparency, security and peaceful resolution of nuclear problems in Iran.”
Russia “strongly condemns” Israeli actions
Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia warned that Israel’s actions in the Middle East “push the region to a large-scale nuclear disaster”.
“This completely uninsured attack, regardless of what Israel says on the contrary, is a blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations And international law, “he said, expressing the” strong condemnation “of Russia of strikes.
He accused the “Western members” of the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement – officially known as Complete full action plan (JCPOA) – To contribute to the current crisis through their policies towards Iran and its nuclear program.
“They did everything to fuel climbing and essentially prompted it,” he told ambassadors.
Mr. Nebenzia concluded by exhorting renewed diplomatic efforts. “Once again, the settlement of problems related to the Iranian nuclear program is only possible if a peaceful, political and diplomatic journey is followed,” he said.
“Iran has the right to defend itself”: Pakistan
Pakistan Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has told the Council that Israel’s “blatant provocations” constitute a serious threat to regional peace and stability.
“Iran has the right to defend itself under article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations,” he said, alleging that the actions of Israel in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen “reflect a continuous model of unilateral militarism”.
“The fact that these attacks on Iran have occurred in the midst of a negotiation process aimed at finding a peaceful diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear issue makes it even more repugnant and against international standards,” he added.
Mr. Ahmad urged all parties to avoid additional escalation and to prioritize the dialogue. He also called the Security advice “Keep the attacker responsible for his actions. This council must refuse Israel the free hand and the impunity with which it continues to operate in defiance of international law and international opinion. “
Iran should not acquire nuclear weapons: United States
Speaking for the United States, McCoy Pitt, a senior State Department official, accused Iran of having launched “uninsured, direct and proxy attacks” against Israeli civilians and propagation of terrorism, instability and human suffering in the region.
“As President Trump said on several occasions, this dangerous regime cannot be authorized to have nuclear weapons,” he said.
Mr. Pitt noted that the United States had been informed of Israeli strikes in advance but was not militarily involved.
“Our absolute and most important priority is the protection of citizens, staff and American forces in the region,” he said.
He also declared that the United States would continue to seek a diplomatic resolution which guarantees that Iran never acquired a nuclear weapon or will be a threat to instability in the Middle East.
“Iran’s management will be wise to negotiate for the moment,” he said.
Iran calls for responsibility
The Iranian ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told the Security Council that he was addressing the organization on behalf of his government and his people “with the greatest urgency and the serious alarm”.
“We condemn the barbaric and criminal attack strongly and unequivocally, a series of targeted assassinations against senior military officials, nuclear scientists and innocent civilians,” he said.
“These deliberate and systematic murders were not only illegal and inhuman, a frightening demonstration of calculated aggression. These atrocities constitute a clear act of state terrorism and the blatant violation of international law, “he added.
He said that Israel’s attacks on protected nuclear installations have challenged not only the fundamental principles of international law, but also “common conscience”, warning that damage to these sites could release catastrophic radiological consequences in the region and beyond.
“Only a regime devoid of humanity and responsibility would endanger millions of lives in the pursuit of its destructive ambitions,” said Iravani.
“Those who support this regime, with the United States at the forefront, must understand that they are accomplices. By helping and allowing these crimes, they share the full responsibility of the consequences. ”
Israel defends “the act of national preservation”
Israeli ambassador Danny Danon began his remarks by reminding members of the Security Council that – while they were talking – Iranian ballistic missiles struck Israeli cities and injured civilians.
He said that the strikes of Israel were preventive and carried out with “the most advanced precision, goal and intelligence”.
The mission, he added, was clear, “dismantling the nuclear program of Iran, eliminating the architects of its terror and its aggression and neutralizing the capacity of the regime to follow its repeated public promise to destroy the state of Israel”.
Mr. Danon accused Iran of taking measures towards the construction of a nuclear arsenal. He also criticized the international community for omitting to act and reinstate in Tehran.
“Israel did not act recklessly-we have waited,” he said.
“It was an act of national preservation. It was the one we undertook alone, not because we wanted it, but because we were not left. ”
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