UN Security Council begins emergency session on Iranian attack against Israel

The United Nations Security Council begins its emergency session, called after Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel last night.

The meeting was called after Israel requested the council condemn Iran’s attack and designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opens the session with a warning that the Middle East is “on the brink.”

“The people in the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating, full-scale conflict,” he says. “Now is the time to defuse and deescalate, now is the time for maximum restraint.”

“It’s time to step back from the brink,” he adds.

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