Key Highlights
- The powerful 15-nation UN body met just hours after the US and Israel launched military strikes against Iran and the subsequent attacks by Tehran.
- Guterres condemned the massive military strikes by the US and Israel against Iran as well as attacks by Tehran “violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
- “In Tehran, large explosions were reported in the district that includes the presidential palace and the compound of the Supreme Leader.
- Several high-ranking officials have reportedly been killed, including – according to Israeli sources – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, that I am not in a position to confirm,” Guterres said.
- As the UNSC meeting was underway in the UN headquarters in New York, US President Donald Trump, currently in his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, announced the Ayatollah’s death in a post on Truth Social.
