Draft Denouncing Israeli Attack on Iranian Consulate Submitted by Russia to UNSC

© AFP 2023 LOUAI BESHARAEmergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024.
Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 03.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Monday, Israel carried out an airstrike on the consular annex of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, destroying the building. Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said seven of its members were killed in the attack, including two commanders.
Russia has circulated in the UN Security Council a draft statement of the UN body condemning the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy said on Wednesday.
"By agreement with our Iranian and Syrian colleagues, we circulated a draft Security Council statement for the press condemning what happened [Israel's attack]," Polyanskiy wrote on Telegram.
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Tehran Vows Retaliation Following Israel's Strike on Consulate in Syria
"This is another opportunity to test the true intentions of our Western colleagues. We will see how the work on the document goes," he added.
Following the airstrike on the consular annex of the Iranian Embassy in Syria on Monday, the Syrian Health Ministry said that the attack also killed four Syrians and injured 13 more.
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