Tough clash at the UN between Israel and Iran in the extraordinary meeting of the Security Council convened after the attack in Tehran on Saturday night. Secretary general of the United Nations warned that the Middle East is "on the brink of the abyss" US has also raised the specter of new sanctions: "In the coming days we will discuss with our partners new punitive measures to hold Iran accountable in accordance with Security Council resolutions", said U.S.
ambassador Robert Wood. "The fact that Israel showed itself superior does not take away the brutality of the attack,” added the Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan, calling for "all possible sanctions" against the Islamic Republic. "The Iranian regime is no different from the Third Reich and Ayatollah Ali Khamanei isno different from Hitler", thundered the delegate of the Jewish State at the Glass Palace, Erdan. For his part, his Iranian colleague, Saed Iravani, asked the Council to "adopt immediate punitive measures against Israel", which only wants to "commit further atrocious crimes"