The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold an urgent debate Wednesday on Iran's strikes on countries across the Gulf region.
A group of countries will present a draft resolution to the United Nations' top rights body on "the recent military aggression launched by Iran against Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates... targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, which has resulted in the loss of innocent lives", the council said in a statement Tuesday.
Iran started firing rocket and drone attacks at Gulf countries after the US and Israel launched their war against it.
Iran claims it is targeting US bases and interests, statements that have been dismissed by Gulf countries that have repeatedly slammed Tehran’s heinous attacks.
Defenses across the Gulf have downed hundreds of drones and rockets fired by Iran since the eruption of the conflict.
Foreign ministers of Gulf, Arab and regional countries met in Riyadh last week to condemn Iran’s flagrant violation of principles of good neighborliness and of the sovereignty of nations, saying it will have grave repercussions against it and the security of the Middle East.
“Iran's attacks will cost it highly and impact relations with the countries and peoples of the region that will not stand idly by as they are threatened,” they warned.
“The attacks cannot be justified under any excuse,” they stressed, saying they were a violation of sovereignty of nations and international law.
They held Iran “fully responsible for the losses”, saying the countries reserve the right to defend themselves.
