Iran calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting after Israel attacks

Iran on Friday called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to hold Israel accountable for its attack that targeted the Iranian nuclear program and military facilities and killed its top commanders and scientists, Anadolu reports. The official news agency IRNA said Iran’s permanent mission to the UN sent an urgent letter to the Security Council, condemning Israel’s air strikes. The letter requested an emergency Security Council meeting to “hold Israel accountable for its clear act of aggression.” The mission also emphasized that the Israeli attacks “amounted to a declaration of war against Iran,” stressing that Tehran reserved its right to legitimate defense. At least 86 people were killed and 341 others injured in large-scale Israeli airstrikes that targeted Iranian […]