Antonio Guterres pleaded with Security Council members to avoid a 'full-scale conflict' in the Middle East as tensions rise between Israel and Iran.
Guterres’s comments came after Israel called an emergency meeting with members on Sunday in the wake of Iran’s drone and missile barrage against Israel. Most of the hundreds of drones and missiles were shot down by Israel and its allies, including United States forces.
“The Middle East is on the brink. The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict,” Guterres wrote on X, paraphrasing what he told reporters at the scene. “Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate. Now is the time for maximum restraint. Now is the time to step back from the brink.”The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict.
Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. Saeid Iravani has claimed that Iran hasn’t violated any U.N. rules because the country was acting in self-defense. Saturday’s drone attack was a response to a missile attack on April 1 that the Iranian government has blamed on Israel, even though the Jewish state hasn’t claimed responsibility, he said.
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran in central Israel, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. Israel said more than 300 drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles were launched by Iran, an extraordinary assault that was thwarted almost entirely by Israel’s aerial defense array and a coalition of countries repelling the onslaught.
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