UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Iran nuclear strikes

联合国安理会就伊朗核袭击举行紧急会议

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2025-06-23

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The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites. The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, said that diplomacy and dialogue must prevail to prevent the Middle East from falling into a cycle of retaliation. We'll hear from a former security official in President Trump's first administration and assess the extent of the damage to Iran's nuclear operation caused by the US attacks. Also in the programme: We speak to the wife of the Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski who has been released after five years in prison; and Syrian rescue workers say at least fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a church in the capital Damascus. (Picture: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses delegates during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
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  • After the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites,

  • you can listen to a special edition of the Global News podcast.

  • It looks at how much damage has been done to Tehran's nuclear programme and whether more attacks are to come.

  • There's reaction from around the world as well as analysis on the crucial question,

  • how will Tehran respond?

  • We'll have reporting and commentary from our correspondents.

  • Listen wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

  • Coming to you live from London, I'm James Kamarasamy.

  • Nearly six decades after a six-day war changed the dynamics in the Middle East,

  • will a one-off US bombardment of Iran's nuclear sites have a similar impact?

  • Well,

  • that seems to be what the United States hopes after Donald Trump ended the guessing game about his intentions on Saturday.

  • and authorised what's been called Operation Midnight Hammer.

  • It was a massive strike on Iran that involved more than 125 aircraft, including the B-2s,

  • which carry so-called bunker-buster bombs,

  • the only ones capable of reaching the underground nuclear enrichment plant at Fordow.

  • Flanked by his Vice President J.D.

  • Vance, as well as his Secretary of State and Defence Secretary,