SAEDNEWS: In a forceful missive to the UN Secretary‑General and Security Council, Tehran brands Washington and Tel Aviv as outright aggressors, urging the world body to denounce their recent strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as blatant violations of international law.
According to Saed News, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani, has delivered a blistering letter (No. 2529804) accusing the United States and Israel of “large‑scale, unprovoked, and premeditated military aggression” against the Islamic Republic. Addressed to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres and the Security Council president, the letter rejects U.S. claims of “collective self‑defense” under Article 51 of the UN Charter, labeling them a “gross distortion” of international law.
Iravani’s text recalls a string of prior communications in June 2025 and emphatically repudiates the U.S. letter dated 27 June (S/2025/426). He painstakingly documents that neither the United States nor Israel suffered any armed attack by Iran—a prerequisite for lawful self‑defense—and invokes General Assembly Resolution 3314 (1974) and authoritative ICJ rulings (Nicaragua v. USA, 1986; Oil Platforms, 2003) to underscore that preventive force is categorically prohibited.
Highlighting that Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan remain peaceful, IAEA‑safeguarded sites, the ambassador stresses that no credible evidence supports claims of weaponization. He cites the IAEA director‑general’s latest report—and even U.S. intelligence acknowledgments—to refute allegations of an “imminent threat.” By striking nuclear facilities under the false pretense of “preemptive self‑defense,” he argues, Washington and Tel Aviv have undermined the NPT and risked destabilizing the non‑proliferation regime.
The letter further challenges the notion that “peaceful measures were exhausted,” blaming the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018 and its subsequent obstruction of diplomacy. Iran maintains it acted in good faith—engaging in Omani‑mediated talks and preparing for indirect negotiations slated for mid‑June—only to see covert diplomacy shattered by Tel Aviv’s strike two days before the planned session.
In closing, Iravani implores the UN to recognize the United States and Israel as aggressors, condemning their actions “as a serious breach of international law” and a direct threat to global peace and security.
