UNSC to meet today over Israeli strike: Diplomats

NEW YORK: The United Nations

Security Council

is expected to meet on Monday to discuss Israel's attack on Iran, diplomats said on Sunday.

Iran

's foreign minister

Abbas Araqchi

called on the Security Council to meet over the attack and diplomats said the council was likely to discuss the situation Monday. "Israeli regime's actions constitute a grave threat to international peace and security and further destabilise an already fragile region," Araqchi said in a letter to the 15-member council on Saturday. "Iran, in alignment with the principles enshrined in the Charter of the UN and under international law, reserves its inherent right to legal and legitimate response to these criminal attacks at the appropriate time," he wrote.