Iran Says U.S. 'Decided To Destroy Diplomacy' By Striking Nuclear Sites [View all]
Source: Huff Post/AP
Jun 22, 2025, 05:47 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world grappled Sunday with the enormous implications after the United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran with an attack that raised urgent questions about what remained of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.
Some observers warned that the future of worldwide efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons would be at stake in the days ahead. Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing “a very big red line” with its risky decision to strike three Iranian nuclear sites with missiles and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.
“The U.S. has attacked us; what would you do in such a situation? Naturally, they must receive a response to their aggression,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a call with France’s leader, according to the president’s website.
Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council that the U.S. “decided to destroy diplomacy,” and that the Iranian military will decide the “timing, nature and scale” of the country’s “proportionate response.”
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