New Delhi, July 3 -- Three civilians are dead in Bahrain. Another 465 have been wounded. Since February 28, when the wider confrontation began, Iran has fired 203 ballistic missiles and 605 armed drones at the small Gulf kingdom that hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet - a tally Bahrain's foreign minister laid before the Security Council on Thursday, country by country, weapon by weapon, demanding the council do something about it.

and the indirect talks it was meant to open - has been paused since July 1, awaiting the end of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremonies.

In New York, the tone was not diplomatic. US Ambassador Michael Waltz accused Iran of pursuing "a cynical, sad, and sick attempt at global blackmail," pointing to Tehra...