US tells UN: strikes degraded Iran's capacity to build nuclear weapon
"These strikes aimed to mitigate the threat posed by Iran to Israel, the region, and to, more broadly, international peace and security," Shea told the UNSC.
L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.(photo credit: ILLUSTRATION, Wikimedia Commons)ByREUTERS