INTERNACIONAL
Iran offers Israel off-ramp to ‘conclude’ attack after launching missiles, drones on Jewish state
Iran, through its United Nations mission in New York, issued a statement that appeared to offer Israel a way to prevent further escalation if it considers the conflict «concluded.»
«Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus,» the mission’s statement, posted on social media platform X, states.
«The matter can be deemed concluded,» the mission argued. «However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!»
IRAN CLAIMS TO FOLLOW DRONE LAUNCH AT ISRAEL WITH BALLISTIC MISSILE BARRAGE
Iran on Saturday night launched three waves of projectiles consisting of suicide drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Many attribute the attack, which killed seven high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members, to Israel, but no Israeli official has taken credit for the strike.
Article 51 of the United Nations charter makes clear that «nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.»
Iran has in the past not adhered to the diplomatic protection of embassies and consulates, particularly regarding the U.S. and Israel. Iran and its chief strategic ally, the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hezbollah in Lebanon, have been blamed for bombing the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in 1983 in which 63 people, including 17 Americans, were murdered. And dual suicide truck bombers blew up the barracks of American and French members of a multinational force in Lebanon in 1983, in which 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors and three U.S. Army soldiers lost their lives. Fifty-eight French troops were also murdered in the terrorist attack.
IRAN’S ATTACK ON ISRAEL: WHAT DRONES AND MISSILES WILL TEHRAN USE IN ITS STRIKES?
Most recently, an Argentine court determined Iran, working with its proxy Hezbollah, was responsible for the bombings on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) and Israeli embassy in 1994, The Associated Press reported.
Radical Iranian students in 1979 seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held roughly 52 Americans hostage in what became known as the Iran Hostage Crisis. The crisis «dominated the headlines and news broadcasts» and allegedly played a significant part in hurting President Jimmy Carter’s image and further eroding his popularity ahead of the 1980 presidential election, which he lost in a landslide.
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Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations last week tabled a motion to condemn Israel for the Damascus strike, but the United States, Britain and France all opposed the statement and prevented its adoption. They argued too many facts about the attack remained unclear, and members failed to reach a consensus.
Russia and Iran blasted members of the Security Council for failing to adopt the statement, which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labeled a «political killing,» according to Middle East Monitor.
Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this article.
INTERNACIONAL
North Korea launches ballistic missile off east coast, Seoul says
North Korea launched a ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North vowed «offensive and overwhelming» responses to protest a new U.S. military drill with South Korea and Japan.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch was made on Monday morning, but gave no further details, including how far the weapon traveled.
The launch came two days after South Korea, the U.S. and Japan ended their new multidomain trilateral drills. The «Freedom Edge» drill drew a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyers, fighter jets and helicopters from the three countries, and the three countries practiced missile defense, anti-submarine and maritime interdiction drills.
On Sunday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a lengthy statement strongly denouncing the U.S., South Korea and Japan over their three-way drill. It called the drill an Asian version of NATO that openly destroys the security environment on the Korean Peninsula and contained a U.S. intention to exert pressure on Russia and lay siege to China.
SOUTH KOREA SAYS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH OF POSSIBLE HYPERSONIC MISSILE FAILED MID-FLIGHT
The North’s Foreign Ministry said it will «firmly defend the sovereignty, security and interests of the state and peace in the region through offensive and overwhelming countermeasures.»
Monday’s launch was the North’s first weapons firing in five days. Last Wednesday, North Korea launched what it called a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental, advanced weapon meant to defeat U.S. and South Korean missile defenses. North Korea said the launch was successful, but South Korea dismissed the North’s claim as deception to cover up a failed launch.
In recent weeks, North Korea has floated numerous trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in what it has described as a tit-for-tat response to South Korean activists sending political leaflets via their own balloons.
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Meanwhile, North Korea opened a key ruling party meeting Friday to determine what it called «important, immediate issues» related to works to further enhance Korean-style socialism. On the meeting’s second-day session Saturday, leader Kim Jong-un spoke about «some deviations obstructing» the county’s efforts to improve its economic status and unspecified important tasks for resolving immediate policy issues, North Korea’s state media reported Sunday.
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