Members of the Safety Council vote on a Russian sponsored decision at United Nations headquarters on March 11, 2026.
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The UN Safety Council on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) handed a decision calling for Iran to right away halt its assaults on Gulf states, saying they breach worldwide regulation and pose a “severe menace to worldwide peace and safety.”
The decision, handed by 13 votes with two abstentions, “calls for the fast cessation of all assaults by the Islamic Republic of Iran in opposition to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan.”
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It additionally “condemns any actions or threats by the Islamic Republic of Iran geared toward closing, obstructing, or in any other case interfering with worldwide navigation by the Strait of Hormuz.”
Iran has struck Gulf states in retaliation to U.S.-Israeli assaults that killed Iranian supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Islamic republic has additionally fired on industrial ships passing by the Strait of Hormuz, an important sea passage for the worldwide gasoline commerce, in a bid to inflict ache on the worldwide economic system.
Printed – March 12, 2026 02:26 am IST