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80 Nations Condemn Iran's Attacks at UN
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In Short: Eighty countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday, condemning Iran's ongoing attacks against neighboring countries and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz.
Eighty countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday, condemning Iran's ongoing attacks against neighboring countries and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz.
Brad Cooper, who leads Central Command, said in a statement that Iran had launched dozens of missiles and drones at neighboring Gulf Arab countries.
The joint statement also strongly condemned the Houthis' decision to resume conflict in Yemen, their continuous strikes on Saudi Arabia, and their reckless attacks in the Red Sea.
Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has been targeted several times by Iranian drones and missiles since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.
The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Despite these tensions, both sides reported strikes overnight into Sunday, despite agreeing to pause attacks on each other's capitals during negotiations.
The Iranian government called the strikes a violation of the ceasefire and announced that it launched retaliatory fire on an American base in the region.
The apparent novelty of the sanctions lies less in sanctioning Iran itself than in threatening countries, companies, and financial networks that continue doing business with Tehran.
According to Iranian customs data, the country trades with 178 states, but China and the UAE matter most.
Since the war began, the UAE has suffered more Iranian missile and drone attacks than any other regional state, with nearly 3,000 directed at it.
The back-and-forth was just two days after CENTCOM confirmed an earlier round of 'self-defense strikes' on southern Iran, hitting missile launch sites and Iranian boats that allegedly sought to lay mines.
What this adds
The joint statement also saw member states condemn the 'military strikes' on Iranian territory, signaling a broader international condemnation of Iran's actions.
Background
U.S. bases in the Middle East have suffered significant damage from Iranian attacks, according to Pentagon reports and satellite imagery, raising questions about the effectiveness of U.S. defenses.
What's confirmed
- Eighty countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday, condemning Iran's ongoing attacks against neighboring countries and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Brad Cooper, who leads Central Command, said in a statement that Iran had launched dozens of missiles and drones at neighboring Gulf Arab countries.
- The joint statement also strongly condemned the Houthis' decision to resume conflict in Yemen, their continuous strikes on Saudi Arabia, and their reckless attacks in the Red Sea.
- Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has been targeted several times by Iranian drones and missiles since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.
- The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Despite these tensions, both sides reported strikes overnight into Sunday, despite agreeing to pause attacks on each other's capitals during negotiations.
- The Iranian government called the strikes a violation of the ceasefire and announced that it launched retaliatory fire on an American base in the region.
- The apparent novelty of the sanctions lies less in sanctioning Iran itself than in threatening countries, companies, and financial networks that continue doing business with Tehran.
- According to Iranian customs data, the country trades with 178 states, but China and the UAE matter most.
- Since the war began, the UAE has suffered more Iranian missile and drone attacks than any other regional state, with nearly 3,000 directed at it.
- The back-and-forth was just two days after CENTCOM confirmed an earlier round of 'self-defense strikes' on southern Iran, hitting missile launch sites and Iranian boats that allegedly sought to lay mines.
What's still developing
- “I extend my sincere condolences... to all those who have lost innocent lives as a result of this ongoing threat,” said Abdullatif Al-Zayani, referring to the victims of Iranian and Houthi attacks in the region.
- “Commercial shipping and seafarers must never be used as leverage, and we condemn Iran’s actions that put innocent lives at risk,” the joint statement said.
- “We also strongly condemn the Houthis’ decision to resume conflict in Yemen, their continuous strikes on Saudi Arabia and their reckless attacks in the Red Sea.” The Iran-backed group captured the island of Mayun earlier this month, located at the entrance of the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab Strait, another vital maritime path for energy shipments and a trade chokepoint.
- The statement said that any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on US bases and interests in the region, warning that regional countries supporting US aggression against Iran would be considered parties to the conflict.
- The conditions included ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing Iranian funds and ending the naval blockade, Rezaei said, adding that consultations were continuing with Qatari and Pakistani mediators and that Tehran was awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump.
- It said these attacks were “thwarted by the Gulf monarchy’s air defenses.” This was the first time since Yemen’s civil war resumed that strikes have threatened the Saudi capital, piling further pressure on a global economy already rocked by seven months of war between the US and Iran.
- Meanwhile, sanctions are operating alongside a maritime blockade that has already caused a steep fall in Iranian oil exports.
- Even before the announcement, thousands of Iranian and non-Iranian individuals and entities were already facing US sanctions.
- The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission says Beijing purchases “ upward of 90 percent ” of Iranian crude exports.
- That figure alone does not capture the wider role of front companies, banking channels and Dubai-based exchange houses in facilitating Iranian trade.
- The official described the strikes as defensive, shooting down four Iranian drones and hitting a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed that Israel may join a broader campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen, Lebanese newspaper Al Akbar claimed on Friday, citing US sources.