Iran’s representative to the United Nations has censured Western members of the UN Security Council for their silence over US-Israeli aggression against Iran, questioning their focus on the absence of nuclear inspectors in Iran while Israel remains outside the International Atomic Energy Agency’s safeguards system.

He made the remarks while addressing a UNSC meeting on Tuesday that was pushed by Western states after the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to refer Tehran’s nuclear dossier to the council.

Gholamhossein Darzi said Israel was estimated to possess around 200 nuclear warheads while remaining outside the IAEA safeguards regime.

Darzi also pointed to Israel’s secret programs to develop various weapons of mass destruction and its non-membership in disarmament conventions, questioning certain Western Security Council members for fixating on inspections in Iran.

The Iranian diplomat also condemned the Council’s response to attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities and related infrastructure, warning that repeated strikes near the operational Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant “create a grave risk of radiation release with potentially devastating consequences.”

“What then has been the Security Council’s response to these grave violations? It has been silence,” he said.

“Silence in the face of aggression. Silence in the face of threats of mass destruction. Silence in the face of threats against civilian infrastructure. And silence in the face of attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities.”

Darzi said those responsible for the attacks should be held accountable rather than shielded by political considerations. He slammed Western Security Council members for directing allegations at Iran instead of addressing the actions of the United States and Israel.

Darzi also questioned the legal basis for convening the meeting, saying UN Security Council Resolution 2231 expired on October 18, 2025, terminating the Council’s consideration of Iran’s nuclear issue under the resolution.

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The UN Security Council has held a meeting to discuss Iran’s nuclear program after the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to refer Tehran’s nuclear dossier to the council.

He said the resolution had ceased to have legal effect or an operative mandate from that date. “There is therefore no basis whatsoever for convening this meeting under the agenda item, non-proliferation,” Darzi said.

He criticized the Security Council for its failure to respond to attacks against Iran, saying the aggression by the United States and Israel, both possessors of nuclear weapons, had been met with “appalling indifference and inexcusable inaction.”

“The principal aggressor is itself a permanent member of this Council,” he said, slamming Washington for betraying diplomacy by resorting to military aggression against Iran twice amid diplomatic negotiations.

The United States and Israel waged their first criminal war against Iran, which lasted 12 days, in June 2025. Their second aggression began on February 28, 2026, and came to a temporary halt in early April after 40 days.

In both wars, Iran’s resistance and decisive retaliatory operations forced the aggressors to accept a ceasefire.

Iran has also maintained a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz since the early days of the second imposed war.

In July, the United States conducted waves of deadly air raids on Iran and imposed a naval blockade of the country in violation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Islamic Republic, signed on June 17, to end the war.

In response, the Iranian Armed Forces launched devastating strikes against strategic American targets across West Asia and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all traffic.