Israel And Iran Spar During UN Security Council Meeting

Israel and Iran accused each other on Sunday at the United Nations of being the primary threat to the Middle East peace, with both calling on the Security Council to slap sanctions on their sworn enemy.

“The mask is off. Iran, the number one global sponsor of terror, has exposed its true face as the destabilizer of the region and the world”, Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said an emergency meeting of the Security Council summoned following Tehran’s extraordinary strike on Israel overnight.

“The mask comes off and the gloves must come on”, Erdan continued, pleading with the body to take action.

Erdan requested that the Security Council classify the Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Republic’s ideological army, as a terrorist organization and impose all possible sanctions on Iran before it’s too late.

He specifically mentioned the snapback mechanism, which permits members of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (from which the United States withdrew in 2018) to reimpose international sanctions on Tehran.

Deputy US Ambassador Robert Wood stated, “We have a collective responsibility as members of the Security Council to ensure that Iran complies with the council’s resolutions and ceases its violations of the charter”.

“In the coming days, the United States will explore additional measures to hold Iran accountable”, Wood added.

Iran launched its direct attack on its old rival Israel late Saturday, firing more than 300 missiles and drones.

Almost all were intercepted by Israel and other countries, including the United States, Jordan, and the United Kingdom.

Iran claimed its attack was in response to a deadly April 1 air strike on Tehran’s consulate building in Syria’s capital Damascus, which was widely blamed on Israel.

Seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards members were killed in the raid, including two senior generals.

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