During an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, July 2, the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN declared that “Iran cannot, and we will not allow it to, hold the global economy hostage.”
The UN Security Council convened at the request of Bahrain to address ongoing tensions in the Persian Gulf and recent attacks launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against Bahrain and Kuwait.
While these regional hostilities persist, the Islamic Republic and the United States are simultaneously engaged in diplomatic talks aimed at converting the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding into a durable peace agreement to end the war. Despite these negotiations, sporadic strikes between both sides continue across southern Iran and the Persian Gulf.
In recent days, the IRGC carried out drone strikes targeting territories in Bahrain and Kuwait. Tehran maintains that the operations exclusively targeted US military bases located within those nations.
Addressing the emergency council, Mike Waltz, the US Permanent Representative to the UN, highlighted that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has negatively affected 61 developing nations, according to UN data, stressing that Iran’s actions have disrupted civilian lives worldwide.
