The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said he is “gravely alarmed” at America’s attack on Iran’s three nuclear sites.
Guterres warned this is a “dangerous escalation” as the Middle East is “already on edge” and this attack could have “catastrophic consequences for civilians” across the region.
He warned the attacks are a “threat to international peace and security”
The UN secretary general said on Sunday, “I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.
“There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world.
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“I call on Member States to de-escalate and to uphold their obligations under the @UN Charter and other rules of international law. At this perilous hour, it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace.”
The US President addressed America from the White House warning there may be more strikes on Iran if the retaliate on US bases in the Middle East, he added, “There will either be peace or there will be tragedy for Iran.”
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday, “He has come too far and especially to allow a lawless bully to take us back to the law of the jungle.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran calls on the Security Council to convene an emergency session to unequivocally condemn the criminal act of aggression by the United States against Iran, and to hold the administration in Washington accountable for its violations of fundamental principles of United Nations Charter and of norms of international law.
“The responsibility of the IAEA and its Director General, who, through evidence bias in favour of warmongering parties, paved the way for the current violence and bloodshed is now clearer than ever.
“We call on the IAEA Board of Governors to immediately convene and carry out its legal responsibility in response to the dangerous US attack on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, all of which have been under the agency’s full safeguards and monitoring.
He added, “The world must not forget that it was the United States which, in the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic outcome, betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal Israeli regime’s launch of an illegal war of aggression on the Iranian nation.
“Not content with such malign actions, the United States itself has now also opted for a dangerous military operation and aggression against the people of Iran.
