The council said on Friday that Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was due to be given the floor. Shortly afterwards, he is due to hold talks with the EU foreign policy chief.
“The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) continued its operations today to provide vital food aid for the Palestinian people in Gaza. Below is an update on today’s operations,” the report said.
“Israel faced an existential and immediate threat, one that Iran intended to carry out. Israel had no choice but to act at this crucial moment, the last window of opportunity," Noam stated.
He criticised the failure of states to condemn Israel's attacks. "We are hearing almost nothing from those self-proclaimed champions of human rights," he said.
Iran's UN ambassador wrote in a letter that any cooperation by third countries with Israel's strikes on Iran "makes them complicit in the legal responsibility and consequences of this crisis."
As missiles fell on Tel Aviv, Israeli and Iranian envoys traded accusations at an emergency UN meeting over the legality and consequences of Israel’s preemptive strike
The text garnered 149 votes in favor, while 19 countries abstained and the US, Israel and 10 others voted against.
"We have taken note with great concern of the various statements concerning a considerable increase in enrichment capacity, and in particular, the establishment of new infrastructure."
How is it possible that Iran’s foreign minister was in Oslo attending a forum, while tensions were supposedly spiraling out of control?
There were over 2 million more people displaced globally by the end of April 2025 than there were the previous year, said a UNHCR report.