SAEDNEWS: Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has called for urgent action from the UN Security Council, condemning reported assassination threats against Iranian officials — including Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — attributed to the United States and Israel.
According to SAEDNEWS, In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the UN Security Council Michael G. Waltz on 26 March 2026, Saeed Iravani raised alarm over alleged plans by the United States and Israel to assassinate senior Iranian officials. He emphasized that such actions would constitute serious breaches of international law and pose a threat to global peace and security.
The text of the letter reads:
In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Excellency,
Upon instructions from my Government, and further to my previous communications regarding the acts of aggression, war crimes, and acts of terrorism being committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 28 February 2026, I write to draw the urgent attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to media reports indicating that the United States and the Israeli regime have identified and designated senior Iranian officials—including the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Mr. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi—as targets for assassination, with any suspension of such plans described as temporary.
The reports indicate the existence of an operational framework contemplating the assassination of the highest-ranking political officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Such a policy has, in practice, already been pursued systematically, particularly since the outset of the acts of aggression against Iran on 28 February 2026, including through the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and several senior political officials. This constitutes clear evidence of a serious breach of peremptory norms of international law. The conditional nature of the purported "suspension" further underscores that the threat remains real, deliberate, and ongoing.
Such threats, emanating from criminal mindsets who have openly dismissed the "rules of engagement" as "stupid," are deeply alarming. In collaboration with terrorists based in Tel Aviv, they have, through clear acts of state terrorism, bombed and murdered hundreds of students, targeted hospitals, and destroyed cultural heritage sites, among other atrocities. The promotion of so-called "terror lists" must therefore be understood as yet another manifestation of the same acts of terrorism, which have begun a criminal war against Iran and have already resulted in the deaths of more than three thousand civilians.
The premeditated policy of assassinating high-ranking officials of a sovereign Member State of the United Nations constitutes a clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Any such unlawful act constitutes not only terrorism but also a flagrant violation of international human rights law, including the right to life, and a serious breach of international humanitarian law.
It must also be emphasized that officials of the rank of Minister for Foreign Affairs enjoy full immunity ratione personae under customary international law, as repeatedly affirmed by the International Court of Justice. Any attempt on their lives would violate their personal inviolability and undermine the foundations of peaceful international relations.
The Islamic Republic of Iran categorically condemns any policy aimed at normalizing the assassination of senior state officials. Such a destructive and malicious policy amounts to state-sponsored terrorism, sets a dangerous precedent, and represents a serious escalation that threatens international peace and security. Full responsibility lies with the United States and the Israeli regime for engaging in such internationally wrongful acts.
Given the gravity and ramifications of these breaches, implicating fundamental principles of international law, the foundations of the international community, and the raison d’être of the United Nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran calls upon the Security Council to:
Unequivocally condemn any threat or act of assassination against state officials and leaders as a clear violation of international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law;
Hold accountable those responsible for planning, authorizing, supporting, and committing such acts of terrorism; and
Ensure that the United States and the Israeli regime uphold their binding obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and international law, and cease all grave violations and unlawful actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
If such grave threats and violations are left unaddressed, this would set an exceedingly dangerous precedent, eroding the foundations of international law and exposing all states to similar unlawful and destabilizing practices.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated as an official document of the Security Council and the General Assembly under agenda item 84, entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels.”
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
