"The alternative is a potential wider conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability. Guterres said the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes violated international law, including the U.N. Charter. He also condemned Iran's retaliatory attacks for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates."
"Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That principle is not a matter of politics. It's a matter of global security. And to that end, the United States is taking lawful actions. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, insisted the U.S. military action was lawful."
"We are stopping extremism before it becomes unstoppable. We will ensure that no radical regime armed with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles can threaten our people or the entire world. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon defended the airstrikes as necessary to stop an existential threat."
"The airstrikes have killed and injured hundreds of Iranian civilians, which he called a war crime and a crime against humanity. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the U.N., told the council that the airstrikes have killed and injured hundreds of Iranian civilians."
An emergency U.N. Security Council meeting addressed escalating tensions between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. Secretary-General Guterres warned that continued attacks risk wider regional conflict with severe civilian consequences and called for de-escalation. He stated the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes violated international law and the U.N. Charter, while condemning Iran's retaliatory attacks for violating multiple countries' sovereignty. The U.S. ambassador defended military action as lawful, citing nuclear proliferation concerns as a global security matter. Israel's ambassador justified airstrikes as necessary to prevent existential threats from radical regimes. Iran's ambassador condemned the strikes as war crimes causing hundreds of civilian casualties and criticized the Security Council's inaction.
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