Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Closed schools across the Gulf are a reminder that when conflicts escalate, children are the first to pay the price, the UN’s secretary general told the Security Council earlier this month, Arab News reported.
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Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, during a 12-day war last summer, Israel used Tehran’s cameras to track and bomb the location of a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, injuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian lawmakers and an Israeli documentary.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Airstrikes have also killed the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking leaders.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
Airstrikes have also killed its supreme leader, the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking military and political leaders.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, during a 12-day war last summer, Israel used Tehran’s cameras to track and bomb the location of a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, injuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian lawmakers and an Israeli documentary.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Airstrikes have also killed the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking leaders.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
Airstrikes have also killed its supreme leader, the head of its Supreme National Security Council and a raft of other top-ranking military and political leaders.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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