New York, March 1 -- Defending US strikes in Iran, United States Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, on Saturday (local time) said that this was a time for the world to have a moment of clarity on Tehran's "horrific crimes" as he questioned the United Nations position amid the escalated tension in West Asia.

Addressing the UN Security Council emergency meeting here, Waltz said that Iran's presence in the meeting is in itself a "mockery" of the UN body.

"The entire world has witnessed the regime's wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians. Sad irony is same regime will now lecture on human rights and the rule of law. Its presence here at the meeting makes a mockery of this body...where the UN lacks moral clarity, the US will maintain it," ...