Iranian UN envoy seeks emergency Security Council meeting over US and Israeli threats, warning attacks on infrastructure could cause lasting regional harm

Iran’s ambassador and chargé d’affaires to the United Nations, Gholamhossein Darzi, has urged the Security Council to convene an emergency meeting and condemn threats by the United States and Israel against Iran’s territory and critical infrastructure. In a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Council’s president, he cited recent US media reports that the White House and US Department of War had prepared new military options, including possible use of the GBU-43/B, known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast or the “Mother of All Bombs.” Darzi also noted that US President Donald Trump had discussed the weapon in a televised interview and threatened further attacks.

The letter cited Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Israel Katz’s remarks that Israel was prepared to attack Iran and would target all its energy facilities in any renewed aggression. Darzi said Katz had threatened to return Iran to the “Stone Age” and had stated that the United States and Israel had dropped a total of 35,000 bombs on Iran, while saying their military campaign was not over.

Darzi also denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for openly declaring an intention to launch another “unprovoked war” against Iran. He argued that the silence and explicit support of some Security Council members had emboldened Netanyahu, and called for immediate action against what he described as brazen existential threats from Trump and renewed Israeli threats of military aggression.

Darzi wrote that the unabated threats came amid the US-Israeli wars of aggression against Iran, which he said were launched on June 13, 2025, and February 28, 2026. He warned that they posed a grave risk of further violations of international law and could bring catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences. Threats to destroy Iran’s civilian and energy infrastructure, he added, could cause severe and potentially long-term damage to regional and international peace and security.