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Iran tells U.N. Security Council Israel struck nuclear facility, urges council to condemn attack
Summary
A representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran accused Israel of striking a nuclear facility under IAEA safeguards, said civilians and journalists were killed, invoked Article 51 to justify Iran's response, and urged the U.N. Security Council to act.
The Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran told the United Nations Security Council that Israel had carried out a deliberate strike on what Iran described as a peaceful nuclear facility operating under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards and urged the council to condemn the attack.
The representative said the strikes violated the United Nations Charter and international law and warned of risks to civilian safety and to nuclear materials. "This is a serious violation of the United Nations charter and fundamental principles of international law," the representative said, adding that the attack "posed a serious risk of releasing radioactive material."
The remarks outlined casualty figures and damage that the representative attributed to the…
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