*Warns Citizens Abroad Over Possible Anti-American Demonstrations
U.S president Donald Trump on Sunday, June 22, questioned the possibility of regime change in Iran following U.S military strikes against key Iran military and nuclear program sites over the weekend.
In a post on his Truth Social media platform, Trump said:”It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!”
The president said in another post that the damage to the nuclear sites in Iran was said to be “monumental”.
He described the hits as “hard and accurate” while thanking the U.S military for the “great skill” it had shown.
Trump added that the B-2 pilots that had conducted the strikes had recently landed safely in Missouri.
US Anticipates Demonstrations Against Own Citizens, Interests Abroad
The U.S Department of State issued a worldwide warning regarding “demonstrations against U.S citizens and interests abroad” after the U.S strikes on Iran.
The body said in a post on X:”The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East.
“There is the potential for demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad. The Department of State advises U.S. citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution.”
Iranian FM Lands In Moscow, Russia Carpets US For Deceiving The World
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Moscow a few hours ago, Iranian news agencies have reported, where he will discuss “common threats” with President Vladimir Putin.
Russia has condemned the U.S strikes on Iran. Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting, Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia recalled former U.S Secretary of State Colin Powell making the case at the UN Security Council in 2003 that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein constituted an imminent danger to the world because of the country’s stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons.
“Again we’re being asked to believe the US’s fairy tales, to once again inflict suffering on millions of people living in the Middle East. This cements our conviction that history has taught our US colleagues nothing,” he said.
Tehran Berates US Over Strikes
Iran’s ambassador to the UN on Sunday criticised the U.S for its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.
Amir Saeid Iravani told the UN Security Council:”The United States, a permanent member of this Council … has now once again resorted to illegal force, waged a war against my country, under a fabricated and absurd pretext: preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”
Guterres Laments Potential Destruction, Retaliation After US Strikes
UN chief António Guterres warned on Sunday against yet “another cycle of destruction” and retaliation after the U.S strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which he said marked a “perilous turn” in the region, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.
The Secretary-General told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council:”I have repeatedly condemned any military escalation in the Middle East.
“The people of the region cannot endure another cycle of destruction. And yet, we now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation.”
Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), also called for restraint as he voiced fears over “potential widening” of the conflict.
He said: “We have a window of opportunity to return to dialogue and diplomacy.
“If that window closes, violence and destruction could reach unthinkable levels and the global non-proliferation regime as we know it could crumble and fall.”
