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Iran: Emergency Meeting

This afternoon (13 June), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing followed by closed consultations on the attack that Israel launched against Iran overnight. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item, was requested by Iran in a letter that its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, sent to the Security Council earlier today. China and Russia supported the meeting request. The anticipated briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Iran and Israel are expected to participate in the briefing under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

Israel said that its operation struck over 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, missile factories, and air defence systems. It also killed at least 20 senior military commanders, including Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, and Gen. Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as several nuclear scientists. The attack was conducted by fighter jets, drones, and Israeli special forces operating inside Iranian territory. At the time of writing, the operation was reportedly ongoing and expected to continue in phases.

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