Iran demands UN recognise 'Israel', US 'responsibility' for war

Iran demanded that the United Nations recognise 'Israel' and the United States as being to blame for their recent 12-day war, in a letter to the secretary-general published on Sunday.

"We officially request hereby that the Security Council recognise the Israeli regime and the United States as the initiators of the act of aggression and acknowledge their subsequent responsibility, including the payment of compensation and reparations," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in the letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.