Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to drag the United States into another costly and unjustified war.
This was said by Iran's permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, during an emergency meeting of the organization's Security Council, convened in connection with the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The permanent representative of the Islamic Republic emphasized that "America has once again recklessly chosen to sacrifice its own security".
The United States has opened Pandora's box with its actions against Iran and it remains unclear what consequences it may have led to this, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said at the meeting.
The Russian Permanent Representative to the UN called the US attack unprovoked.
„In the early morning hours of June 22, the US Air Force, in full cooperation and coordination with the Israeli Air Force, which has been carrying out massive strikes on civilian targets and infrastructure in Iran for more than a week in violation of the basic principles of international law, carried out unprovoked missile and bomb strikes on three nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which are under IAEA safeguards. Thus, Washington once again demonstrated its complete disregard for the position of the international community and confirmed that in the name of the interests of its Israeli ally it is ready not only to turn a blind eye to the killings of tens of thousands of Palestinian women, children and the elderly, but also to put the security and well-being of all humanity at stake,“ he said.
Nebenzia highlighted “the extremely dangerous development of the situation in the Middle East, which was further aggravated by the US night strikes on Iranian targets“. “Russia most resolutely condemns the irresponsible, dangerous and provocative actions committed by the US against the Islamic Republic of Iran – a sovereign state – member of the UN“, Nebenzya stressed.
No one authorized the US to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, added the Russian permanent representative to the UN.
“We persistently offered our American colleagues our mediation services to find peaceful, mutually acceptable solutions to the contradictions surrounding the Iranian nuclear program. But our American colleagues clearly do not need diplomacy today. The responsibility for this lies with the American leadership“, said Nebenzya.
With its strikes on Iran, the US has once again demonstrated its disregard for the position of the international community, added the Russian permanent representative to the UN. He also noted that the US has confirmed that it is ready to commit any crimes and violate international law in order to maintain its hegemony.
"Washington is not at all worried about the radiation consequences or the threat to the lives and health of a huge number of civilians, including women and children, in the region and beyond. By going after West Jerusalem, they imagined themselves to be the supreme judge who has the right to dispense justice as they see fit. Thus, the US confirms that in order to maintain its hegemony in the world, they are ready to commit any crimes and violate international law,“ he said.