US defends strikes on Iran's nuclear sites at UNSC as Russia and China condemn action
The US military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, entering into the conflict and Israel's effort to destroy Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime adversary.
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00:00The United States and Israel on Sunday at the United Nations Security Council strongly defended their military actions targeting Iran's nuclear sites, saying the regime in Tehran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
00:15The UN emergency session followed U.S.-led strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, prompting reactions from several member states.
00:24The time finally came for the United States, in the defense of its ally and in the defense of our own citizens and interests, to act decisively.
00:36The Iranian regime cannot have a nuclear weapon.
00:40Make no mistake. The cost of inaction would have been catastrophic.
00:46A nuclear Iran would have been a death sentence just as much for you as it would have been for us.
00:54Russia, China and Pakistan, key allies of Iran, condemned the U.S. strikes and Iran's top diplomat vowed retaliation.
01:03The timing, nature and scale of Iran's proportionate response will be decided by its armed forces.
01:12Meanwhile, the B-2 stealth bombers that dropped bunker-busting bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities returned to its U.S. base in Missouri on Sunday.
01:22U.S. President Donald Trump insisted the airstrikes were a limited intervention and urged Tehran to negotiate.
