US tells UN: Strikes aimed to destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity

June 27 (Reuters) - The objective of U.S. strikes on Iran last weekend "was to destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and stop the threat that this rogue regime obtains and uses a nuclear weapon," the United States told the United Nations Security Council in a letter on Friday, seen by Reuters.

"The United States remains committed to pursuing a deal with the Iranian government," wrote acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea.

Washington justified the strikes as collective self-defense under article 51 of the founding U.N. Charter, which requires the 15-member Security Council to be immediately informed of any action states take in self-defense against armed attack.