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Middle East Eye
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
US tells UN it was defending itself against Iran in strikes on nuclear facilities
The objective of US strikes on Iran last weekend "was to destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and stop the threat that this rogue regime obtains and uses a nuclear weapon", the United States told the United Nations Security Council in a letter on Friday, seen by Reuters. "The United States remains committed to pursuing a deal with the Iranian government," wrote acting US ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea. Washington justified the strikes as collective self-defence under Article 51 of the founding UN Charter, which requires the 15-member Security Council to be immediately informed of any action that states take in self-defence against armed attack. - Reporting by Reuters
India Today
9 hours ago
- Politics
- India Today
Iran strikes aimed to destroy nuclear enrichment capacity: US tells UN
The objective of US strikes on Iran last weekend "was to destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and stop the threat that this rogue regime obtains and uses a nuclear weapon," the United States told the United Nations Security Council in a letter on Friday, seen by Reuters."The United States remains committed to pursuing a deal with the Iranian government," wrote acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea. Washington justified the strikes as collective self-defence under article 51 of the founding UN Charter, which requires the 15-member Security Council to be immediately informed of any action states take in self-defence against armed attack.- EndsTune InMust Watch advertisement
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Degrade Iran's capacity…': US defends strikes on nukes at UN, says threat to Israel was real
US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities aimed to degrade its ability to build nuclear weapons, said acting US envoy to the U.N., Dorothy Shea, during a Security Council meeting on June 24. Shea called the strikes a lawful act of collective self-defense under the U.N. Charter. President Trump declared that Iran's key enrichment sites were 'completely obliterated' and later announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, raising hopes for de-escalation. Show more Show less
RTHK
3 days ago
- Politics
- RTHK
US says strikes 'degraded' Iran's nuclear programme
US says strikes 'degraded' Iran's nuclear programme US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea told the UN Security Council that US attacks on Iran's nuclear sites had degraded Iran's capacity to produce a nuclear weapon. Photo: Reuters Jamie Clarke reports US airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary US intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both Iran and Israel signalled that the air war between the two nations had ended, at least for now, after Trump publicly scolded them for violating a ceasefire he announced at 0500 GMT. As the two countries lifted civilian restrictions after 12 days of war - which the US joined with an attack on Iran's uranium-enrichment facilities - each sought to claim victory. Trump said over the weekend that the US deployment of bombs had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program. But that claim appeared to be contradicted by an initial assessment by one of his administration's intelligence agencies, which suggested Iran's enriched uranium stocks had not been eliminated, and the country's nuclear program, much of which is buried deep underground, may have been set back only a month or two. Iran says its nuclear research is for civilian energy production. The White House said the intelligence assessment was "flat out wrong." Trump's administration told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that its weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities had "degraded" Iran's nuclear program, short of Trump's earlier assertion that the facilities had been "obliterated." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the attack on Iran had removed the threat of nuclear annihilation and was determined to thwart any attempt by Tehran to revive its weapons program. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country had successfully ended the war in what he called a "great victory," according to Iranian media. Pezeshkian also told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Tehran was ready to resolve differences with the US, according to official news agency IRNA. Israel launched the surprise air war on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities and killing top military commanders in the worst blow to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq. Iran, which denies trying to build nuclear weapons, retaliated with barrages of missiles on Israeli military sites and cities. (Reuters)
Reuters
4 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
US tells UN: strikes degraded Iran's capacity to build nuclear weapon
UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities "effectively fulfilled our narrow objective: to degrade Iran's capacity to produce a nuclear weapon," acting U.S. envoy to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.
