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Mike Waltz, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, offered formal remarks on the situation in Iran during a Saturday afternoon meeting of the UN Security Council. Representatives from Israel and Iran, which are not members of the Security Council, were invited to participate in the meeting.
The most fundamental duty of any sovereign government is the protection of its people. Operation Epic Fury is directed toward specific and strategic objectives: to dismantle missile capabilities that threaten allies, to degrade naval assets used to destabilize international waters, to disrupt the machinery that arms proxy militias, and to ensure the Iranian regime never, ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon.
As President Trump said last night, for decades the Iranian regime has woefully destabilized the world, it has killed American forces and citizens, threatened regional allies, and jeopardized the security of international shipping upon which the world depends.
It's massive support for violent proxies, declared terrorist organizations – the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, and others – has brought bloodshed and disorder across the Middle East for far too long. This is not speculation; we know this to be true, and our men and women have paid for the actions of this regime and the IRGC with their lives.
No responsible nation can ignore persistent aggression and violence. The regime in Tehran has led attacks that have cost American lives. Hundreds of U.S. Marines in Lebanon, thousands of troops in Iraq, American hostage after hostage has suffered. Our ships fired upon dozens of times in the Red Sea.
Iran has armed and financed militant organizations that undermine lawful governments and destabilizes an already-fragile region. Iran's continued pursuit of advanced missile capabilities, coupled with its refusal to abandon nuclear ambitions – despite diplomatic opportunities – presents a grave and mounting danger.
The international community has long-affirmed a simple and necessary principle: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That principle is not a matter of politics, it's a matter of global security. And, to that end, the United States is taking lawful actions.
Waltz also had a reminder for the members of the council, stating, "This body, the United Nations Security Council, has repeatedly taken action on this threat. Twenty years ago, starting in 2006, Resolution 1696 demanded that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, invoking Chapter 7 the UN charter and adopting a legally-binding resolution." He took them to task for their inaction on Iran, and noted, "Our allies and partners can count on the United States and can count on President Trump."
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Earlier in the meeting, UN Secretary General António Guterres
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condemned the U.S. and Israel, saying "international law and international humanitarian law must always be respected."
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