SAEDNEWS: Deputy Justice Minister for Legal and International Law Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Ghamami warned that the Israeli attacks against Iran is the beginning of aggression against other countries and the international law.
Dr. Ghamami, also associate professor of public and international law at ISU University, wrote in an article that after nearly 20 months of genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and invasions of Lebanon and Syria—all of which constitute clear violations of global peace and security—the Zionist Occupying Regime launched an attack on Iran on June 13, carrying out over 20 arbitrary targeted assassinations.
He said that this aggression continued until June 24 with logistical support and coordination from the United States.
“The Zionist regime’s attack on Iran is a blatant act of aggression that violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. Reports by Ms. Albanese claim that this occupying regime has committed systematic genocide in Gaza. Now, in a premeditated campaign, it has violated Iran's sovereignty, assassinating more than 35 military commanders and scientists along with their families. In just over a week, the regime slaughtered over 1,000 Iranians,” the senior official said.
On June 26, 2025, 25 UN Human Rights Council rapporteurs denounced this aggression, classifying both Israel and the U.S. as transgressors of international law and human rights. They described the ongoing aggression against Iran as the "normalization of violent invasion" and "gunboat diplomacy."
He pointed out that the Zionist regime has attempted to justify its attack on Iran as a "preemptive defense," but this claim is not legitimate.
The use of force is prohibited by international law, and the Zionist regime's actions constitute a clear violation of this prohibition. This constitutes a crime of aggression and a breach of UN General Assembly Resolution 3314.
He wrote that in its assault on Iran, the Zionist regime has committed every form of war crime. It has grossly violated the four Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols by deliberately attacking cities, villages, residential areas, and non-military structures. This has destroyed: 6 hospitals and 14 fire stations, as well as 117 infrastructure sites and 340 residential buildings.
Dr. Ghamami said that although Israel is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it attacked another nation already under the most stringent technical inspections and unjust international pressure based on false allegations without any verified evidence. Even the IAEA Director-General confirmed that there was no diversion in Iran’s nuclear program.
It destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities, an act that constitutes aggression, mass murder and assassination, as well as environmental destruction and an attack on Iran’s national health and medical infrastructure.
The Deputy Justice Minister said that these facilities were used for agricultural and pharmaceutical production, so destroying them was a crime against civilian welfare.
He further said that after the Zionist regime’s attack, the United States illegally entered Iranian territory and bombed three Nuclear facilities. As a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), this attack by the United States is a unilateral violation of the UN Charter, as well as a breach of UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 and other international laws.
Dr. Ghamami pointed out that attacking nuclear facilities is explicitly prohibited under the I.A.E.A. General Conference Resolutions 444, 475, and 533, as well as Article 56 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and the U.N. Security Council Resolution 478 (1981).
He said that it appears that the future of the world is now a matter of grave uncertainty. International and humanitarian law have been undermined, and nations must realize that the UN Charter is being applied selectively. The U.N. Security Council fails to identify aggressors. This perpetuates discrimination. It discriminates not only against Iran, but also against all nations in West Asia. It even potentially discriminates against other countries, including European countries.
He stressed that similar violations could befall neighboring nations of the U.S., including Canada, Greenland, and Panama.
