Overview
- Iran’s UN envoy sent a new letter urging the secretary-general and Security Council to condemn President Trump’s pledge to intervene if protesters are killed, calling the statements a serious breach of the UN Charter.
- Trump said on Truth Social that the United States would come to protesters’ rescue and was “locked and loaded,” and days earlier threatened to strike Iran’s missiles and nuclear facilities if Tehran rebuilt its capabilities.
- Iran separately notified the IAEA that normalizing threats against its safeguarded nuclear sites would damage the agency’s standing and the wider non-proliferation regime, pressing for formal condemnation.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian warned the United States would bear responsibility for any escalation and vowed a decisive, regret-inducing response to aggression.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the prospect of further strikes as unlawful and risky for radiological safety, while IAEA verification remains curtailed since Tehran halted cooperation after the June 2025 attacks.