Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Israel late on Friday after Israel attacked Iran earlier in the day.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon made allegations that Iran had been “preparing for war” justifying it attacks as “an act of national preservation” despite no evidence.
Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani and Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon have exchanged threats of further retaliation during a United Nations Security Council meeting.
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His Iranian counterpart, Amir Saeid Iravani, accused Israel of seeking “to kill diplomacy, to sabotage negotiations, and to drag the region into wider conflict,” and he said Washington’s complicity was “beyond doubt”.
“Those who support this regime, with the United States at the forefront, must understand that they are complicit,” Iravani told the Security Council. “By aiding and enabling these crimes, they share full responsibility for the consequences.”
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had given Tehran a 60-day ultimatum, which expired on Thursday, to make a deal over its escalating uranium enrichment program.
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Iranian Ambassador to UN Amir Saeid Iravani said that Israel’s Friday attacks against Iran were carried out with US support and amount to a declaration of war.
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A sixth round of US-Iran talks had been scheduled to take place in Oman on Sunday, but it was unclear whether it would go ahead.
Danon said Israel had been patient despite mounting risks.
“We waited for diplomacy to work … We watched negotiations stretch on, as Iran made false concessions or refused the most fundamental conditions,” Danon told the Security Council. He said intelligence had confirmed Iran could have produced enough fissile material for multiple bombs within days.
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Senior US official McCoy Pitt said the United States will continue to seek a diplomatic resolution that ensures Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon or pose a threat to stability in the Middle East.
“Iran’s leadership would be wise to negotiate at this time,” Pitt told the council. While Washington was informed of Israel’s initial strikes ahead of time it was not militarily involved, he said.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told the Security Council the above-ground pilot enrichment plant at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site had been destroyed, and that Iran has reported that nuclear sites at Fordow and Isfahan were also attacked.
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Furthermore, Iran has declared that continued dialogue with the United States over its nuclear programme is “meaningless” following Israel’s most extensive military assault on Iranian soil, accusing Washington of complicity in the strikes that killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
“The other side acted in a way that makes dialogue meaningless,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, quoted by the semi-official Tasnim news agency. “You cannot claim to negotiate and at the same time permit the Zionist regime to attack Iranian territory.”
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He said Israel “succeeded in influencing” the diplomatic process and the Israeli attack would not have happened without Washington’s permission.
Iran earlier accused US of being complicit in Israel’s attacks.
The comments come a day after Israel launched a series of strikes across Iran, hitting military and nuclear sites and killing several senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, including Generals Mohammad Baqeri and Hossein Salami, as well as prominent nuclear scientists.
Iran responded with a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting Israeli cities and military installations. Israeli authorities reported at least 34 injuries, while Tehran said 78 were killed and over 320 wounded in the initial Israeli offensive.
However, Washington claims to deny such allegations despite stating that they were aware about the attacks.
Instead, US told Tehran at the United Nations Security Council that it would be “wise” to negotiate over its nuclear programme.
The sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks was set to be held on Sunday in Muscat, but it was unclear whether it would go ahead after the Israeli strikes.
Iran denies that its uranium enrichment programme is for anything other than civilian purposes, rejecting Israeli allegations that it is secretly developing nuclear weapons.
Iranian FM holds phone call with UN secretary general
As part of Iran’s continued diplomatic efforts regarding the Israeli regime’s aggression against Iran, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation on Friday evening with #UN Secretary General António… pic.twitter.com/aa7QBD1tih
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Iranian FM holds phone call with UN secretary general
As part of Iran’s continued diplomatic efforts regarding the Israeli regime’s aggression against Iran, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation on Friday evening with #UN Secretary General António… pic.twitter.com/aa7QBD1tih
— Foreign Ministry, Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 (@IRIMFA_EN) June 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump told Reuters that he and his team had known the Israeli attacks were coming but they still saw room for an accord.