23/6/2025–|Last update: 01:34 (Mecca time)
a contract Security Council The United Nations affiliated with a meeting on Sunday to discuss American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, while Russia, China and Pakistan suggested that the 15 -member council adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.
The Secretary -General of the United Nations said Antonio Guterres On Sunday, the Security Council is that the United States bombing Iranian nuclear establishments represents a dangerous shift. “We must move – immediately and decisively – to stop the fighting and return to serious and sustainable negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program,” he added.
The world was awaiting Iran’s response on Sunday after the president announced Donald Trump The United States “destroyed” the main nuclear sites of Tehran, thus joining Israel, which has launched for more than 10 days attacks on Iran.
Russia and China have condemned the American strikes, and the United Nations representative to the United Nations Fu Kong said, “Peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved using force. Diplomatic means to address the Iranian nuclear cause are not exhausted, and there is still hope for a peaceful solution,” said Russia and China.
However, the US representative to the United Nations, Dorothy Xia, told the Council that the time had come to Washington to take decisive measures, and urged the Security Council to invite Iran to end what it described as its endeavor to erase Israel and stop its ambition to obtain nuclear weapons.
For his part, the Russian delegate to the United Nations, Vasily Nippinesia, recalled the intervention of the former US Secretary of State Colin Powell In the Security Council in 2003, when he made justifications The invasion of Iraq Based on the allegations of owning the late president’s regime Saddam Hussein Weapons of mass destruction.
“Once again, we are asked to believe American fairy tales, to suffer again in millions of people in the Middle East. This enhances our conviction that history has not taught our American colleagues anything,” he said.
Diplomatic destruction
Iran was the one who requested the Security Council meeting on Sunday, and Iran’s representative to the United Nations accused Amir Said Irwani Israel and the United States of destroying diplomacy, and said that all American accusations are unfounded, and that the treaty not to spread nuclear weapons “was manipulated and converted into a political tool,” as he put it.
Irwani added that instead of ensuring the legitimate rights of the parties to own peaceful nuclear energy, the treaty was exploited as an excuse for aggression and illegal actions.
As for the Israeli representative to the United Nations Danny Danone, he praised the United States for taking action against Iran, and accused Tehran of using negotiations on Its nuclear program As a cover to buy time to develop missiles and enrich uranium, according to his claim.
It was not immediately clear when the Security Council could vote on the draft resolution. Russia, China and Pakistan asked members of the Council to send their notes by Monday evening. The passage of the decision requires at least 9 votes without use veto From the United States, France, Britain, Russia or China.
The United States is likely to oppose the draft resolution – which Reuters have said it has seen – which also condemns attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and facilities, without calling the United States or Israel.
This comes after the American attacks – at dawn on Sunday – which targeted 3 nuclear facilities in each of Fordo AndNatanz AndIsfahanAnd Trump described it as “successful” and that it deprived Iran of the nuclear bomb, while Tehran condemned these attacks and vowed to respond.