Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to "lawless aggression", and said its citizens were in "grave danger" from US and Israeli strikes.
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where countries were discussing the rights situation in Iran -- notably following its deadly crackdown on protesters in recent months -- Tehran said the focus instead should be on the Middle East war.
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