Iran says UN states backing Hormuz resolution may share responsibility for escalation

Iran’s mission to the United Nations says the United States is trying to “manufacture a false image” of broad international backing by highlighting the number of co-sponsors of a Bahrain-backed UN draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz. It warned any states backing the text could share “international responsibility” if escalation follows, adding there is “no political excuse or diplomatic cover” for what it described as enabling US “aggression”. The resolution calls for freedom of navigation and an end to Iranian attacks in the Gulf.