U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urged Israel and Iran to “show maximum restraint” after Israel’s wave of air strikes, the secretary-general’s spokesman said in a statement late Thursday (June 12, 2025).
While broadly condemning “any military escalation in the Middle East,” the statement by Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq noted Mr Guterres was “particularly concerned” by Israel’s strikes on nuclear installations amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations.
“The Secretary-General asks both sides to show maximum restraint, avoiding at all costs a descent into deeper conflict, a situation that the region can hardly afford,” it added.
Published – June 14, 2025 02:04 am IST