UN Security Council slams Iran in rare rebuke

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, who is also serving this month as the UNSC president, said: “Iran shoots in all directions.”

By Dinah Bucholz, Jewish Breaking News

For once, the United Nations Security Council has found another country to denounce besides Israel: Iran.

Bahrain introduced a resolution to the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran’s “egregious attacks” on Gulf countries after suffering several strikes from Iran that resulted in the death of a civilian and injuries to 38 others.

The resolution passed 13-0 on Wednesday, with two abstentions—Russia and China, who had signed a pact with Iran to strengthen their economic and military ties and affirm their support of Iran’s right to develop a nuclear weapon.

The UNSC condemned Iran’s attacks on neighboring countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, upholding those countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity while denouncing Iran’s unlawful attacks on civilian areas.

The resolution demanded that Iran stop its maritime threats to the Strait of Hormuz, as well as its provocations, attacks, and support of proxy terror groups throughout the Middle East.

Bahrain’s ambassador to the U.N., Jamal Al-Ruwaie, said in a statement, “The message is clear. The international community is resolute in rejecting these unjust, hostile Iranian acts that are targeting sovereign countries and that threaten the stability of their peoples.”

Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, welcomed the measure in a post on X, saying that even the U.N. has finally lost patience with Iran.

“The U.N. Security Council approved the Gulf states’ draft resolution against Iran,” he wrote.

“Iran is firing at regional countries out of desperation because it understands that the world already recognizes its true face. The regime in Tehran is trying to export terror and destruction, but even in the Security Council, patience for Iranian aggression is running out.”

Separately, the ambassador said, “Targeting civilians is wrong, targeting cities is wrong and Iran must stop.”

Iran used diplomatic talks to shield its actions as it “fortified” its nuclear program, Danon said. “Facilities were placed deep underground,” he added.

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, who is also serving this month as the UNSC president, said, “Iran shoots in all directions.”

Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel and its neighbors and even at friendly or neutral countries like Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Turkey.

Russia proposed a resolution that was rejected because of its “general tone” that said “nothing about the overwhelming responsibility borne by Iran in the current escalation.”

Russia’s representative, Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, fired back.

“To our deep regret, the resolution that just passed expressed a biased and one-sided tone,” he said.

China chose to criticize Israel and the United States instead of Iran, denouncing the two allies for waging a joint military campaign against Iran and calling on them to cease hostilities immediately.