Image source, Getty Images

In the last few hours, diplomats at the United Nations in New York have debated the US intervention in the Iran-Israel conflict.

In Sunday's session, Russia, China and Pakistan asked the 15-member UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.

Here's a roundup of what they said:

• Israel's ambassador Danny Danon said the entire world should say "thank you" to Trump for attacking Iran, which he accused of having "turned negotiation into theatre"
• Iran's ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani criticised the "blatant US aggression" and said Washington had launched the attack under an "absurd pretext"
• China's ambassador Fu Cong said that Beijing "strongly condemns" the US attacks
• Russia's ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said the US had "opened a Pandora's box" and Washington "is clearly not interested in diplomacy"

• UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said US strikes constituted "a perilous turn in a region already reeling", and called for an end to "another cycle of destruction"

Following the comments from the Iranian representative at the UN Security Council, we heard from Israel's Danny Danon - who says the world should be thanking Donald Trump.

"The entire world should say on record here today thank you," Danny Danon says. "Thank you to Donald Trump for acting when so many hesitated."

He says that some at the UN have "denounced" the US and Israel, but queries "where were you when Iran enriched uranium far beyond the point of civilian usage, when it built a fortress beneath a mountain to prepare for our extermination?"

He says that it cannot be ignored that "diplomacy was tried" but says Iran "turned negotiation into theatre" and used it as "camouflage" to buy time to build missiles and enrich uranium.

Danon continues, saying that Iran negotiated agreements "it never intended to keep".

"The free world gave it every chance," he says, and that the cost of inaction would have been "a death sentence".

Image source, Reuters

Iran's representative to the UN Security Council has accused the US of having "waged a war" against Iran "under a fabricated and absurd pretext".

Amir Saeid Iravani says Iran reserves the right "to defend itself" against "blatant US aggression" before adding that the timing, nature and scale of "Iran's proportionate response" will be decided by its armed forces.

In a lengthy statement, Iravani also accuses Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pulling America into "another costly, baseless war" and says the actions by the US and Israel are a "flagrant breach of international law".

The Iranian representative says Israel has promoted the "deceitful and false narrative" his country was "on the cusp of acquiring a nuclear weapon".

He continues: "The silence, double standards, and complicity of international organisations and some Western countries, including France and the UK, are equally reprehensible."

Amir Saeid Iravani ends his address by calling on the council to hold the US and Israel "fully accountable".

Image source, Maxar Technologies / EPA

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

It's been almost 24 hours since the United States carried out strikes on three of Iran's nuclear sites - Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

On Sunday, in comments at the UN Security Council in New York, Iran accused the US of "waging war" under an "absurd pretext".

At the same time, US President Donald Trump hinted at regime change in Iran - despite the US, and Israel, saying the aim of their strikes was to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

We'll bring you the latest developments over the course of the day, so stay with us. In the meantime, if you need a recap of the past 48 hours, you can get it in our previous page.