The United Nations Security Council is set to hold closed-door consultations on Friday to address recent strikes on Iran, following a request from Moscow, Russian state media reported.
The move comes as the Middle East conflict approaches its second month.
Iran has faced near-daily bombardments since US and Israeli airstrikes on February 28, which initially triggered the conflict and have since expanded to involve wider regions of the Middle East.
“The Russian Federation has requested closed-door consultations with the UN Security Council due to the ongoing strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran, including educational and healthcare facilities,” said Evgeny Uspensky, spokesman for Russia’s envoy to the UN, according to the state news agency TASS.
One of the deadliest incidents occurred on the first day of the war, when a strike in the southern city of Minab hit a school, killing more than 160 children.
Preliminary findings from a US military investigation, reported by The New York Times, indicated that a US Tomahawk cruise missile struck the school by mistake.
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The United States, which currently holds the Security Council presidency, has scheduled the closed-door meeting for 10:00 am in New York (1400 GMT), according to TASS.
The US-Israeli military campaign has targeted Iranian leadership, missile sites, and military infrastructure.
In response, Iran has carried out widespread retaliatory strikes across the Gulf, effectively closing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes during peacetime.
In a separate development, the UN Human Rights Council will convene on Friday in Geneva to focus specifically on the deadly school strike.