WASHINGTON faces sharp condemnation across the globe after President Donald Trump boasted about US raids on Iranian nuclear facilities, amid rising warnings of a dangerous escalation.
The raids came amid intensified Israeli attacks on Iranian territory since 13 June, which killed Iran’s senior commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of civilians. Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Sunday that the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling.
“We must act — immediately and decisively — to halt the fighting and return to serious, sustained negotiations on the Iran nuclear programme,” he urged.
The US move seriously violates the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law, as well as Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, said Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at an emergency meeting of the Security Council. It has exacerbated tensions in the Middle East and dealt a heavy blow to the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, Fu added. Russia also vehemently condemned the US “irresponsible, dangerous and provocative” actions against Iran, a sovereign country and a UN member state, said Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at the emergency meeting.
Governments in the Middle East sounded the alarm over the bombing of Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuke sites, calling them a violation of international law and a threat to regional and global security.
Xinhua
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