Iran-Israel War, June 23 -- Iran has said that the United States decided to destroy diplomacy with its strikes on the country's nuclear programme and that the Iranian military will decide the 'timing, nature and scale of Iran's proportionate response.'

"Even though Iran reserves its full and legitimate right under international law to defend itself against this blatant US aggression and its Israeli proxy, the timing, nature, and scale of Iran's proportionate response will be decided by its armed forces," Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani said during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council hours after the US inserted itself into Israel's war against Iran by striking three nuclear sites inside the Islamic Republic.

Iravani ...