Russian envoy calls UN Security Council meeting on Iran strike parade of hypocrisy

Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya has called the UN Security Council's emergency meeting on Iran's retaliatory strike against Israel a parade of hypocrisy and double standards.

"You know very well that an attack on a diplomatic mission is a casus belli under international law. And if Western missions were attacked, you would not hesitate to retaliate and prove your case in this room. Because for you, everything that concerns Western missions and Western citizens is sacred and must be protected," he said at a UN Security Council meeting convened in the wake of the Iranian attack on Israeli military installations.

"Today, the Security Council is witnessing such a parade of Western hypocrisy and double standards that it is even somewhat uncomfortable to watch," the diplomat said.

• The United States, the United Kingdom and France have refused to confirm the inviolability of diplomatic facilities, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said.

"The US, the UK and France essentially refused to confirm that the basic principles of international law on the inviolability of diplomatic and consular facilities, enshrined in the relevant Vienna Conventions, apply equally to all states. The result, as they say, is obvious," Nebenzya said at the UN Security Council meeting.

Earlier, the United States and the United Kingdom refused to discuss the draft statement of the UN Security Council on the strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus proposed by Russia.