Russia Mocks Urgent UN Security Council Meeting Over Iranian Retaliatory Strike on Israel

Russia's top UN diplomat said the entire spectacle was 'almost embarrassing to watch.'

Vasily Nebenzia said, ““What we’re witnessing is a display of hypocrisy and double standards that is almost embarrassing to watch.” (UN)

Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, called out the hypocrisy of holding an emergency UN Security Council meeting over Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel.

He said the entire spectacle was “almost embarrassing to watch.”

The UN Security Council meeting was called after Iran’s attack following Israel’s decision on 1 April to bomb Tehran’s consulate in Damascus – killing 12 – including top Iranian military officials.

“The steps undertaken by Iran became a reaction to the disgraceful inaction by this council and a response to the blatant Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus,” Nebenzia said, according to Syria’s Sana News. “If Western missions were under attack, you would not hesitate to retaliate and then you would be proving your case in this Security Council.”