Iran to the Security Council: We have never initiated a war against Israel

according to the report of the international group Tasnim News Agency, Amir Saeed Irvani, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, in response to the accusations The Zionist regime wrote a letter to the Security Council against Iran.

The full text of this letter is as follows:

hereby rejects the unsubstantiated claim and improper references against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the letter dated April 8, 2024, addressed to the Secretary General and President of the Security Council (S/2024) by the representative of the Israeli regime in the United Nations. The claim of the aforementioned paper is baseless and is merely a desperate attempt by the Israeli regime to divert international attention from the heinous crimes and genocidal acts carried out by this apartheid regime against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Such baseless claims are also a misleading attempt to cover up and legitimize the continuous aggression of the Israeli regime against Lebanon and the continuous violation of international laws, the UN Charter and resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1701 (2006) of the UN Security Council.

Similarly, the accusations contained in the letter dated April 13, 2024, representative The Israeli regime’s address to the President of the Security Council (S/2024/304) at the United Nations is completely baseless and is categorically rejected. As emphasized in our letter dated April 13, 2024 (S/2024/305), the action of the Islamic Republic of Iran on April 13, 2024 was in line with the exercise of its inherent right within the framework of legitimate defense and under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

The action of the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to the repeated military aggressions of the Israeli regime, especially the military attack of this regime on April 1, 2024 against the diplomatic places of Iran, contrary to paragraph 4 of article 2 of the organization’s charter It was adopted by the United Nations.

He reiterates that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never started a war against the Israeli regime and has no intention of doing so in the future. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its inherent right under international law to respond to any use of force or acts of aggression against its sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and national interests.

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