BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23. At a recent session
of the UN Security Council, Israel’s Permanent Representative Danny
Danon strongly defended the recent U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear
sites, calling it “a righteous act” and “a necessity” to eliminate
what he described as “the greatest existential threat facing the
free world,” Trend
reports.
Addressing critics who condemned the U.S. and Israel, Danon
challenged: “Where were you when Iran raced toward the bomb? Where
were you when it enriched uranium far beyond civilian needs? When
it buried entire fortresses beneath mountains to prepare for our
extermination? Where were you when Iran turned negotiation into
theater and deceit into strategy?”
He recalled his previous call to the council for “a coalition of
the courageous” to confront what he called “the greatest threat our
world has seen since the Second World War.” “Last night, the leader
of the free world acted with that courage,” Danon said. “The United
States acted, not just for itself, but for every nation that values
freedom over radicalism.”
Danon acknowledged calls for diplomacy but stressed that
“diplomacy was tried over and over” with Iran, led by the U.S.
“Many nations here in this room engaged in diplomacy with
determination and good faith. But the regime in Tehran had other
plans.”
He accused Iran of using negotiations “as camouflage, a delay
tactic, a way to buy time while building missiles and enriching
uranium,” saying the country “negotiated agreements it never
intended to keep,” responded to deadlines “with defiance,” and “met
oversight with obstruction.” “The free world gave it every chance.
Months. Years. Every possible off-ramp,” Danon said. “Iran would
not move. So, it had to be moved.”
He concluded by warning that Iran’s nuclear program was “not a
diplomatic puzzle. It was a loaded gun pointed at the heart of the
international system.”
