SAEDNEWS: Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has called on the UN Security Council to take action against what it describes as “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” committed by Israel and the United States in their recent aggression against Iran.
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has called on the UN Security Council to take action against what it describes as “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” committed by Israel and the United States in their recent aggression against Iran.
In a formal letter dated 10 July 2025, Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani submitted an updated report prepared by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, detailing casualties and destruction caused by 12 days of Israeli attacks and subsequent U.S. military involvement.
Iravani’s letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres reads as follows:
“Upon instructions from my Government and further to our previous communications, including the letter dated 28 June 2025 (S/2025/431), I wish to transmit hereby in the attachment an updated report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran detailing the casualties and destruction caused by 12 days of large-scale, unprovoked military aggression by the Israeli regime against Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“In the early hours of 13 June 2025, while Iranian families were at rest, the Israeli regime—backed by extensive military, intelligence, and political support from the United States and certain Western countries—launched coordinated air, missile, and drone attacks targeting residential areas, civilian infrastructure, and peaceful nuclear facilities. These indiscriminate and illegal attacks martyred 1,100 innocent civilians, including 132 women and 45 children, and injured over 5,700 others.”
“These heinous crimes constitute grave violations of the UN Charter, international law, international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, and international human rights instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the ICCPR. The subsequent U.S. military aggression on 22 June 2025 further compounded these violations.”
“The deliberate targeting of residential areas, hospitals, medical centers, ambulances, civilians, energy infrastructure, scientists, and peaceful nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards is a blatant violation of international law and constitutes as war crime, crime of aggression, and crime against humanity.”
“The attached report suggests a glimpse into the suffering inflicted on Iranian civilians—especially women and children—and highlights the urgency of upholding international law and ending impunity for such atrocities.”
“I should be grateful if you would have the present letter and its attachment circulated as a document of the Security Council.”
The letter was addressed to both the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. A copy was also sent to Ms. Virginia Gamba, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.c
