Iran Demands U.S. Guarantees Against Renewed Attacks at UN Security Council

Iran's UN representative Gholamhossein Darzi called on Washington to halt attacks, guarantee that they would not recur and lift coercive measures during a Security Council meeting on Gulf and maritime security. At the Council's November 13 afternoon meeting in New York, he said Tehran remained open to diplomacy, while the United States accused Iran of attacking its neighbors and commercial shipping. Darzi accused Western Council members of trying to "reverse the roles of victim and aggressor". He blamed the United States and Israel for attacks on June 13, 2025, and February 28, 2026, and linked insecurity around the Strait of Hormuz to those actions. He rejected resolution 2817 as politically motivated, arguing that it denied Iran's right to self-defense, and said foreign military forces endangered maritime safety in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. representative said Iran had armed terrorist proxies and defied the Council. She said Iranian missiles, drones and mines around Hormuz, together with attacks in Bab al-Mandab, threatened global energy and food security, and urged Council members to hold Tehran accountable. Bahrain's representative Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, speaking for the Gulf Cooperation Council, condemned repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks on Gulf states and said civilian security could not be a bargaining chip. He welcomed mediation by Oman, Qatar and Pakistan and demanded GCC participation in negotiations concerning regional security.