The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the weekend’s incursion by Israel targeting the Islamic Republic, Switzerland’s mission to the world body told Reuters on Sunday.
The news outlet reported the emergency session was requested by the Iran regime with the support of Algeria, China, and Russia.
In a letter to the 15-member committee on Saturday, the regime’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi referred to the IDF's operation in response to his government’s October 1 missile attack on the Jewish state as “a grave threat to international peace and security” that will “further destabilize an already fragile region.”
The pre-dawn maneuvers led to the Israeli Air Force executing three waves of strikes, focusing on missile production facilities and other military locations near Tehran and in western Iran.
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon issued a statement dismissing Araghchi’s complaint, accusing the theocracy of "trying to act against us in the diplomatic arena with the ridiculous claim that Israel has violated international law."
"As we have stated time and time again, we have the right and duty to defend ourselves and will use all the means at our disposal to protect the citizens of Israel," Danon continued.
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