Iran Rejects UNSC Resolution on US-Israeli War as 'Unjust, Unlawful'

The adoption of the resolution is a serious setback to the Security Council’s credibility and leaves a lasting stain on the world body’s record, he said Wednesday.

The move, the envoy added, represents a blatant misuse of the Security Council’s mandate in pursuit of the political agendas of certain members, distorts the realities on the ground, and deliberately ignores the root causes of the current crisis.

Iravani also denounced the “biased and politically motivated” document, which reverses the roles of victim and aggressor, rewards the United States and Israel, and emboldens both regimes to commit further crimes.

“Accordingly, we do not recognize the Council’s action today. We consider it unjust and unlawful, inconsistent with the United Nations Charter and international law, and an action that completely disregards the established principles governing the determination of acts of aggression and breaches of the peace,” he continued.

The Iranian diplomat blasted the Security Council members that voted in favor of the resolution, particularly the European ones, stating they have demonstrated that their claims of defending the UN Charter and international law are nothing more than empty words.

“Their hypocritical and irresponsible conduct once again demonstrates that political considerations take precedence over their professed commitment to international law and the UN Charter,” he noted, adding, “It is evident that these countries are simply implementing political instructions from Washington rather than exercising independent judgment and decision.”

Additionally, Iravani criticized some Security Council members for making a cynical and blatant attempt to blame Iran, while whitewashing the US and Israel’s heinous crimes, especially the massacre of 170 schoolgirls in the city of Minab.

He said the United States and the Israeli regime launched their “illegal, illegitimate, and unprovoked” military attack against Iran on February 28, with the “cowardly terrorist assassination” of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior officials.

The unlawful and unjustified assault was accompanied by coordinated attacks on both military and civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, residential buildings, sports facilities, public service centers, and relief facilities across the country, he added.

Iravani stressed that Iran has exercised its inherent right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, amid the failure of the Security Council to discharge its duties.

He also highlighted the aggressors’ use of the territories of certain third states in the region to launch unlawful military attacks, an act prohibited under the fundamental principle of international law.

Iran has undertaken necessary and proportionate defensive operations against the bases and facilities of the aggressors in West Asia, he stated, emphasizing that the reprisal attacks are in no way against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the regional countries.

“Iran will never abandon its rights under international law to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity, national and vital interests, as it deems necessary,” the envoy asserted.

He further urged the Security Council to compel the United States and Israel to immediately cease all military attacks against Iran, including against civilians and civilian infrastructure, and assume full accountability for the grave violations of international humanitarian law.

The US and Israel started a fresh round of aerial onslaught on Iran in late February, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked strikes on the country.

Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the raids by launching barrage of missiles and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in regional countries.