{"id":2220956,"date":"2024-04-14T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-chief-urges-iran-and-israel-to-step-back-from-the-brink\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:56:06","slug":"un-chief-urges-iran-and-israel-to-step-back-from-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-chief-urges-iran-and-israel-to-step-back-from-the-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Secretary-General calls on Iran and Israel to de-escalate tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-chief-urges-iran-and-israel-to-step-back-from-the-brink%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>United\u2064 Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Security Council members to prevent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-gas-prices-spike-13-per-cent-after-nord-stream-2-cancellation\/\" title=\"European Gas Prices Spike 13 Per Cent After Nord Stream 2 Cancellation\">full-scale conflict<\/a> in the Middle East amid rising tensions\u2064 between Israel and Iran. Following \u2062Iran&#8217;s drone and missile attacks, Guterres emphasized the \u2063urgent need to de-escalate the situation and urged all parties to exercise maximum \u2063restraint to \u2062avoid further escalation. Your\u200b revised version reads smoothly and effectively conveys the key information about the \u2062situation between Israel\u2062 and Iran. It highlights the call for action from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and emphasizes the importance\u2064 of de-escalation to prevent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-calls-on-ukraine-to-demilitarize\/\" title=\"Putin Calls on Ukraine to Demilitarize\">larger conflict<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Nations<\/a> Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2965438\/israel-demands-emergency-meeting-of-un-security-council-following-iranian-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Security Council\">Security Council<\/a> members to avoid a \u201cfull-scale conflict\u201d in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a> as tensions rise between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres\u2019s comments came after Israel called an emergency meeting with members Sunday in the wake of Iran\u2019s drone and missile barrage against Israel. Most of the hundreds of drones and missiles were shot down by Israel and its allies, including United States forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Middle East is on the brink. The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict,\u201d Guterres wrote on X, paraphrasing what he told reporters at the scene. \u201cNow is the time to defuse and de-escalate. Now is the time for maximum restraint. Now is the time to step back from the brink.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Middle East is on the brink.<\/p>\n<p>The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for maximum restraint.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to step back from the brink.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (@antonioguterres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonioguterres\/status\/1779604873358533067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Guterres also \u201cstrongly\u201d condemned the \u201cserious escalation\u201d of Iran\u2019s attack, adding: \u201cI call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. Saeed Iravani\u00a0has claimed that Iran hasn\u2019t violated any U.N. rules because the country was acting in self-defense. According to Iravani, Saturday\u2019s drone attack was a response to a missile attack on April 1 that the Iranian government has blamed on Israel, even though the Jewish state hasn\u2019t claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-condemns-iran-attack-on-israel-will-convene-g7-leaders\/\" title=\"Biden denounces Iran's assault on Israel and plans to gather G7 heads\">intercept missiles fired<\/a> from Iran, in central Israel, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-demands-emergency-meeting-of-un-security-council-following-iranian-attack\/\" title=\"Israel urgently calls for a UN Security Council meeting after Iranian assault\">direct military attack<\/a> against Israel on Saturday. Israel says more than 300 drones, cruise and ballistic missiles are launched by Iran, an extraordinary assault that is thwarted almost entirely by Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-close-airspace-in-anticipation-of-irans-attack-on-israel\/\" title=\"Countries shut down air travel ahead of potential Iranian strike on Israel\">aerial defense array<\/a> and a coalition of countries repelling the onslaught. (AP Photo\/Tomer Neuberg, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2965554\/biden-advises-israel-not-to-counterattack-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> discouraged a counterattack against Iran. He classified the incident as a \u201cwin\u201d since the missiles were intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli schools will be closed through April 15 across the country amid the risk of further attacks, while most workplaces and other gatherings are allowed everywhere except the Gaza Envelope and the confrontation line between Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Security Council members to prevent a &#8220;full-scale conflict&#8221; in the Middle East amidst escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. His plea followed an emergency meeting initiated by Israel after Iran&#8217;s drone and missile attacks. 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