Following the UN official statement on Iran's attack on Israel, tensions escalated with Iran's representative to the UN claiming Israel's attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus violated the United Nations Charter, justifying Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israeli military targets as a right of response. Israel's ambassador to the UN stated that Iran's attack 'crossed every red line,' affirming Israel's 'legal right to retaliate.' Washington called on the UN Security Council to condemn Iran's unprecedented attack, while Iran's UN envoy defended the strikes as legitimate under international law. Nebenzya urged restraint among all countries involved.
JUST IN: Israel's ambassador to the United Nations says Iran's attack 'crossed every red line' and his country has the 'legal right to retaliate'.
Iran's UN envoy told the UN Security Council that Tehran's attack against Israel was totally in line with its rights enshrined under the int'l law. "Israel violated int'l conventions by attacking our Consulate in Damascus. It was our right to respond to the Israeli attack,"…
BREAKING: IRAN REPRESENTATIVE TO UN OFFICIAL STATEMENT “The Israeli regime violated the United Nations Charter by attacking our consulate in Damascus.” https://t.co/S96fWDrswD
THE UN ENVOY ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAEL'S ASSERTION OF ITS RIGHT TO RETALIATE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE IRAN ATTACK
Washington called on the UN Security Council to condemn Iran's attack on Israel “Yesterday we saw an unprecedented attack against Israel by a state that was going to destroy the country. Such an attack is unprecedented. 1/2 https://t.co/aZ0thBSJVC
⚡Iran's representative at the United Nations: Our forces launched strikes on Israeli military targets within the framework of the right of response
Iran retaliated due to the UN Security Council's inaction on Israel's attack on Iranian diplomatic facilities - Nebenzya Nebenzya called on all countries involved in the incident with the Iranian attack to show restraint. 1/2
"This attack crossed every red line and Israel receives the legal right to retaliate", Israel's ambassador to the United Nations says
BREAKING: UN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON IRAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL https://t.co/vNE0gsNxTA