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Iran Says at UNSC Meeting That US Is ‘Complicit’ in Israel’s Attacks against It

Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, attends a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on October 28, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP)
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, attends a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on October 28, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Iran Says at UNSC Meeting That US Is ‘Complicit’ in Israel’s Attacks against It

Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, attends a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on October 28, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP)
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, attends a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on October 28, 2024 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP)

Iran on Monday warned the United States that it is “complicit” in Israel’s attacks against the country by providing technical expertise and advanced military equipment “and will bear its consequences.”

Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani delivered the warning at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called by his government following Israeli airstrikes against the country early Saturday.

While Iran has consistently “championed diplomacy” to address regional challenges and foster peace, Iravani said, it reserves the right “to respond at a time of its choosing to this act of aggression” by Israel.

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon, speaking immediately afterward, called Iran “the puppet master” behind Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon and pointed to its Oct. 1 launch of at least 180 missiles into Israel.

“We promised that their actions would not go unanswered,” he said. “Iran’s leaders chose to assault Israel, to destabilize the region and unleash chaos. They promised us destruction. We have answered with strength” but also with “restraint.”

But Danon warned that any further Iranian military action “will be met with consequences that are swift and decisive.”

Danon urged Iran to stop its “reckless pursuit of dominance through violence and terror,” saying Israel will not hesitate to protect its people and sovereignty.

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Türkiye Ousts 3 Elected Pro-Kurdish Mayors from Office and Replaces Them with State Officials

People walk in downtown Diyarbakir, southeastern Türkiye, November 1, 2024. (Reuters)
People walk in downtown Diyarbakir, southeastern Türkiye, November 1, 2024. (Reuters)
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Türkiye Ousts 3 Elected Pro-Kurdish Mayors from Office and Replaces Them with State Officials

People walk in downtown Diyarbakir, southeastern Türkiye, November 1, 2024. (Reuters)
People walk in downtown Diyarbakir, southeastern Türkiye, November 1, 2024. (Reuters)

Türkiye on Monday removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials, the Interior Ministry said.

The move, which comes days after the arrest and ouster from office of a mayor from the country's main opposition party for his alleged links to a banned Kurdish armed group, is seen as a hardening of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government’s policies toward the opposition.

It also raises questions about the prospects of a tentative new peace effort to end a 40-year conflict between the group and the state that has led to tens of thousands of deaths.

The mayors of the mainly Kurdish-populated provincial capitals of Mardin and Batman, as well as the district mayor for Halfeti, in Sanliurfa province, were ousted from office over their past convictions or ongoing trials and investigations for links to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, according to an Interior Ministry statement.

The mayors are members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, which is the third-largest party represented in Parliament. They were elected to office in local elections in March.

Last month, the leader of the far-right nationalist party that’s allied with Erdogan had raised the possibility that the PKK's imprisoned leader could be granted parole if he renounces violence and disbands his organization. His comments had sparked discussion and speculation about a potential peace effort.

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Türkiye’s main opposition party, CHP, branded the mayors' removal from office as a “a coup” and accused Erdogan of seizing “municipalities” he could not win in the elections.

Politicians and members of Türkiye’s pro-Kurdish movement have frequently been targeted over alleged links to the PKK, which is considered a terror organization by Türkiye, the US and the European Union.

Legislators have been stripped of their parliamentary seats and mayors removed from office. Several lawmakers as well as thousands of party members have been jailed on terror-related charges since 2016.

“We will not step back from our struggle for democracy, peace and freedom,” Ahmet Turk, the ousted mayor of Mardin, wrote on the social platform X. “We will not allow the usurpation of the people’s will.”