UN Security Council observes minute of silence for Raisi
Faiq Zaidan, Head of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council (L) offers his condolences to Iranian Ambassador Muhammad Kazem al-Sadiq (C) for the death of the Islamic republic's late president Ebrahim Raisi during a service on May 20, 2024 for the president and his entourage, who were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran the previous day. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on May 19 near the Iranian-Azeri border following his return from an official visit together with The victims were Raisi, the foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a provincial governor and an imam, along with the aircraft's three crew and two bodyguards, Iranian officials said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
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Pedro Comissario Afonso, UN ambassador for Mozambique, which holds the rotating Council presidency in May, asked members to stand up and remain silent "in remembrance of the loss of life in a crash of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi" and his team.
The move was quickly criticized as a "disgrace" by Israel's UN envoy Gilad Erdan.
"You saw correctly. The UN Security Council dedicated a moment of silence in memory of the mass murdering president of Iran, Raisi. What a disgrace," he said in a video message posted on X.
"The Security Council has become a threat to global peace and security," added Erdan, who has been increasingly critical of the United Nations since Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.
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