The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting at the request of Iran to discuss its ongoing conflict with Israel. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iranian ambassador to the U.N., said, "We thank Algeria, Pakistan, China, and the Russian Federation for supporting this meeting and for very clear condemnation" of Israel's strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and leaders, which began on June 12-13. Iran then retaliated with is own strikes against Israel. Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said in response, "Mr. Iravani, you are not a victim. You're not even a diplomat. You are a wolf pretending to be a diplomat, and we are done pretending otherwise." At the time of this event, President Donald Trump was undecided in whether to officially join Israel in attacking Iran.