US strikes Iran nuclear websites as Israeli ambassador slams Iranian counterpart

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon , slammed Iran’s UN consultant as "a wolf disguised as a diplomat," throughout a fiery session of the Safety Council on Saturday, hours earlier than the US struck three nuclear websites in Iran.

Following the US strike on nuclear websites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, which President Donald Trump mentioned had been "completely obliterated," Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani demanded one other "emergency assembly" of the Safety Council calling for condemnation "within the strongest attainable phrases" of the US actions and for it to not go "unpunished."

"The Islamic Republic of Iran urgently requests the Safety Council to convene an emergency assembly at once to deal with this blatant and illegal act of aggression," Iravani wrote in a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres .

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Iravani referred to as the US strikes "premeditated, and unprovoked," and mentioned it was a "flagrant violation of worldwide legislation."

Earlier, Danon, in response to related allegations in opposition to Israel, highlighted the council’s hypcoricy, callilng the Iranian consultant a "wolf disguised as a diplomat."

Danny Danon, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, slammed Iran's U.N. consultant as a "wolf disguised as a diplomat." (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Publish)

"How dare a consultant of a regime that funds, arms and orchestrates terrorism everywhere in the world, ask for compassion from this Council?" Danon mentioned throughout a council session on Saturday. "You aren't a sufferer. You aren't a diplomat. You're a wolf disguised as a diplomat, and we're completed pretending in any other case."

Following the US strike on Iran , which included 5 to 6 bunker buster bombs dropped on Fordow nuclear website and a few 30 Tomahawk missiles fired in opposition to websites in Natanz and Isfahan, Danon informed Fox Information Digital that "after a long time of ignoring the Worldwide neighborhood, Iran is making an attempt to play sufferer and ask for sympathy from the Safety Council."

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Iran's Fordow nuclear website was one in every of three focused by the U.S. in its June 21 strikes. (Planet Labs PBC by way of AP, File)

"Sec Gen Guterres must be thanking President Trump for taking motion and making the world a safer place — as an alternative of condemning the U.S. for selling peace by way of power," Danon informed Fox Information Digital.

"After years of the UN’s incompetence that allowed Iran to speed up its harmful nuclear weapons program, the U.S. has acted forcefully to stop a harmful nuclear Iran from threatening Israel , the U.S. and the free world," he mentioned.

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"I'm gravely alarmed by way of pressure by america in opposition to Iran as we speak. It is a harmful escalation in a area already on the sting – and a direct risk to worldwide peace and safety," Guterres mentioned in an announcement.

"There's a rising danger that this battle might quickly get uncontrolled – with catastrophic penalties for civilians, the area, and the world," he added, calling on UN member states to "de-escalate and to uphold their obligations beneath the UN Constitution and different guidelines of worldwide legislation."

Danon additionally sounded off on United Nations Secretary-Normal António Guterres, saying he "must be thanking President Trump" for his actions. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

An Iranian missile assault on Israel on Sunday, hours after the US struck nuclear services in Iran, scored direct hits within the cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa and Nes Ziona, inflicting widespread destruction however no speedy fatalities, Israeli authorities mentioned.

Photographs shared by Israel’s first responders confirmed multistorey buildings with their sides blown away and home windows shattered and single household properties in ruins, as rescue crews searched the particles for survivors.

Israel’s first support company, Magen David Adom, mentioned there have been no preliminary reviews of fatalities however that greater than 16 folks have been injured and evacuated to hospital.

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In a press briefing, Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai mentioned the injury in his metropolis was "very in depth however by way of human life, we're okay."

"Homes right here have been hit very, very badly," he mentioned, including that "fortuitously, one in every of them was slated for demolition and reconstruction, so there have been no residents inside. Those that have been within the shelter are all secure and nicely."

In Nes Ziona, a city simply south of Tel Aviv, a home was instantly hit by a missile and the encompassing buildings destroyed, however, in response to Israeli media reviews, the households have been of their shelter.

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Israel’s house entrance command on Sunday put the nation again onto emergency footing, days after a number of the restrictions on business facilities and bigger gatherings had been eased.

Ruth Marks Eglash is a veteran journalist based mostly in Jerusalem, Israel . She reviews and covers the Middle East and Europe . Initially from the U.Ok, she has additionally freelanced for quite a few information shops. Ruth could be adopted on Twitter @reglash