U.N. Security Council holds emergency meeting due to U.S.

military retaliatory airstrike. U.K. and Iran exchange accusations; U.M. condemns attack that killed three American soldiers. Some African and other Council members expressed their view that the United States would take retaliatory measures. Some expressed concern that this could lead to increased tensions in the region. The United Nations Security Council issued an emergency response on the 5th in response to the US military's airstrikes on the facilities of Iran's elite military forces.