US, Iran representatives clash at UN Security Council meeting |
US, Iran representatives clash at UN Security Council meeting
American and Iranian representatives had a terse exchange Saturday at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, hours after the U.S. and Israel attacked the Middle Eastern country with a barrage of missile strikes.
“I advise to the representative of the United States to be polite,” Iranian Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani said at the meeting. “It would be better for yourself and the country you represent.”
His counterpart, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz, replied, “Frankly, I am not going to dignify this with another response, especially as this representative sits here in this body representing a regime that has killed tens of thousands of its own people and imprisoned many more simply for wanting freedom from your tyranny.”
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the emergency session earlier Saturday after........