UN Chief Calls for Diplomacy as Israel-Iran War Rages
Israeli first responders enter a building that was hit by an Iranian strike in Haifa on June 20.
Photographer: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a return to negotiations to resolve the conflict between Israel and Iran, warning that the world is “on course to potential chaos” if it expands.
“Let us not look back on this decisive moment with regret,” Guterres told the Security Council on Friday at an emergency meeting requested by Iran. “Let us act — responsibly and together — to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”