Security Council condemns attacks against UK Embassy in Iran

The Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the attacks against the United Kingdom''s embassy in the Iranian capital which resulted in intrusions into the diplomatic and consular premises and caused serious damage. "The members of the Security Council called on the Iranian authorities to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel, and to respect fully their international obligations in this regard," Ambassador Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral of Portugal, which holds the Council’s presidency this month, said in a statement read out to the press. The members of the Security Council called on the Iranian authorities to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel, and to respect fully their international obligations in this regard. Council members also recalled the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises, and the obligations on host governments to take all appropriate steps to protect diplomatic and consular premises against any intrusion or damage, and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of these missions or impairment of their dignity.