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Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon responded to Iran’s comments at the United Nations in New York last night, saying that: “Israel stands before you today, having acted with the United States to confront and stop an existential threat before it became irreversible.
“The operation targets nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile sites, the machinery of repression that fuels terror across our region – we did not act of impulse, we did not act of aggression – we acted out of necessity because the Iranian regime left no reasonable alternative – this joint effort will continue as long as the threat remains.”
Danon claimed: “This is a regime that destabilises where it reaches, it spreads violence outward while crushing freedom at home, it is not reacting, it is expanding – it is a machinery of radicalism that does not recognise borders.”
Warning Iran, Danon said: “We will not be played – it’s simple, what they were planning, they were building the means to corner us, to force an irreversible reality with our backs against the wall – that is not a future Israel will accept, no nation should.”
Continuing, Danon said: “Now let me address the brave people of Iran:
“You are not our enemies and this operation is not directed at you, it is directed at a regime that has silenced you, imprisoned you, and invested in missiles and uranium while your economy suffers – you deserve better.”
Danon went on: “It is this regime, the Basij, the Revolutionary Guard, who have dragged your country into isolation – the world does not fear a free Iran, it fears a radical regime armed with nuclear weapons and driven by extremism – your future shouldn’t be defined by those who chant for death.
“As President Trump has said, ‘The Iranian people deserve dignity, security, and the chance to shape their own destiny,’” added Danon, concluding: “We are thinking about you, you are seen, you are not alone – the future of Iran belongs to its people.”
