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Israel air assault On Iran, destroyed the enrichment factory above the ground in Natanz, where there is now “contamination”, according to Rafael Grossi, head of the United Nations nuclear guard dog.
Grossi updated at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Friday, where he and other senior UN officials urged Israel and Iran to have restraint to prevent a deeper regional conflict.
“I have said on several occasions that nuclear installations should never be attacked regardless of the context or circumstances, as it could harm people and the environment,” said Grosi, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He reported radiological and chemical contamination inside the installation of Natanz, where Iran produced uranium enriched up to 60%. However, he added that contamination is “manageable by appropriate measures” and said that the IAEA was ready to send nuclear safety experts to help secure the sites if requested.
“I call on all parties to exercise a maximum restraint to avoid additional escalation,” he added.
The UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary Dicarlo also urged the two parties to show “a maximum restraint at this critical moment”.
“A peaceful resolution thanks to negotiations remains the best way to ensure the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program,” she told the Council. “We must at all costs avoid an increasing conflagration which would have enormous global consequences.”
“Israeli declaration of war
The Security Council of 15 members, also joined by representatives of Israel and Iran, met at the request of Iran after Israel has struck several Iranian nuclear installations And military sites in the early hours of Friday and made assassinations of senior military officials and nuclear scientists.
The United Nations Iranian envoy Amir Saeid Iravani told the emergency meeting that attacks, which he described as a “declaration of war” and “a direct aggression on international order”, had killed 78 people and injured more than 320.
He accused the United States of providing Israel both information and political support for attacks, the consequences of which have “shared their full responsibility”.
“Supporting Israel today supports war crimes,” he said.
The American representative, McCoy Pitt, insisted that the United States was not militarily involved in strikes, but defended them as necessary for the self-defense of Israel.
He warned that “the consequences for Iran would be disastrous” if it targeted American bases or citizens in retaliation. “Iran’s management would be wise to negotiate for the moment,” he said.
“How long did the world expect what we expected?”
The envoy of the United Nations Israeli, Danny Danon, launched his attack on Iranian nuclear sites as “an act of national preservation”, affirming that Iran was far from producing enough fissile equipment for several bombs.
“This operation was carried out because the alternative was unthinkable,” said Danon. “How long did the world expect what we expected?” Until they assemble the bomb? Until they climb it on a Shahab missile? Until he is on the way to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem? ”
“We will not hesitate, we will not give in and we will not allow a genocidal regime to endanger our people,” said Danon
A Iranian counterattack In Israel, took place while the United Nations was underway, Iran pulling waves of ballistic missiles on Israeli targets.
“Iran affirms its right inherent in self -defense,” Iranian Iravani said, promising to respond “in a decisive and proportionate manner” against Israel.
“It is not a threat, it is the natural, legal and necessary consequence of an uninsured military act,” he said.
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia UN Ambassador, said the Israel’s actions council in the Middle East “pushed the region to a large-scale nuclear disaster”.
“This completely uninsured attack, it doesn’t matter what Israel says, on the contrary, is a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and International Law,” he said.
