Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to 'lawless aggression'

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Iran addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, vowing it would not submit to what it called 'lawless aggression' from US and Israeli strikes, stating its citizens are in 'grave danger.' Tehran attempted to redirect the council's focus from its domestic crackdown on protesters to the broader Middle East conflict. The session had been convened to discuss the human rights situation in Iran following its recent lethal suppression of protests.

Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to "lawless aggression", saying its citizens were in "grave danger" from US and Israeli strikes. At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where countries were discussing the rights situation in Iran -- notably following its deadly crackdown on protesters in recent months -- Tehran said the focus instead should be on the Middle East war.