The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting due to Israeli strikes on Iran.

On Monday, October 28, 2024, the UN Security Council will hold an extraordinary meeting at the request of Iran to discuss the recent Israeli airstrikes on the country, according to the organization's official website.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in letters to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council on October 26, called on the world body to “take a strong position on the consequences of Israel’s continuous and systematic aggression” and to “condemn the actions of the regime, sending a message to the international community that such brutal violations will not go unanswered.”

He also called on the UN, including the 15-member Security Council, to condemn the Zionist regime's “attacks on Iran.”

Around 2:00 on October 26, the Israeli military began a series of air strikes on military targets in Iran. According to a statement by the Israeli army, this is a response to attacks by Iran and its allies on Israel that have been ongoing for more than a year.

According to the IDF, Israeli planes attacked the production of missiles that Iran fired at Israel, as well as surface-to-air missile systems and other air targets. Hagari warned that if Iran retaliated, Israel would react again. The private Iranian agency Tasnim, citing a source, writes that Iran is ready to respond to Israeli aggression, as well as to any other aggression.

The Israeli air strikes were carried out in response to a massive Iranian attack on October 1, which was in response to Israel's killing of senior members of the Hamas and Hezbollah groups, designated terrorist groups by the United States and Israel. Experts fear that these strikes could lead to a full-scale war between the two states. During preliminary discussions about an Israeli response, the US reportedly urged Israel not to bomb Iran's nuclear and oil production facilities.