WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. on Friday requested a closed-door meeting of theUN Security Council to address Iran, diplomatic sources said Friday.
The sources, who spoke to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity, saidthe US requested the meeting be held Monday so that Washington can presentnew evidence about attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman it blameson Iran.
Kuwait, which holds the council presidency for the month of June, has yetto publicly confirm the request.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he called off a retaliatory strikeon Iranian targets that would have killed 150 people, calling it adisproportionate response to the downing of an American drone earlier thisweek.
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“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights whenI asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from aGeneral,” Trump said on Twitter. “10 minutes before the strike I stoppedit, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.”
Trump has vowed to retaliate for Iran’s Monday downing of a reconnaissancedrone. Iran says the aircraft violated its airspace when it was attacked,but the Trump administration maintains it was in international airspace.
