US attacks on Iraq, Syria violate international laws: Iran UN envoy
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani has strongly condemned the US military attacks on Iraq and Syria, calling them illegal and unjustified.
In his address to the UN Security Council meeting entitled “International Peace and Security” on Monday, Iravani said the United States had dishonored basic norms and principles of international laws and the United Nations Charter by violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of these two countries.
He said :” The United States continues to occupy Syrian territory, loot Syrian property and resources, and support separatists and terrorist groups. Furthermore, people in Syria are experiencing economic hardship and a humanitarian crisis as a result of the United States’ hostile and harmful actions, as well as the application of illegal sanctions”.
The Iranian envoy also called the attacks on Syria and Iraq a threat to international peace and security, rejecting the US pretexts that the strikes targeted resistance groups operating in these countries.
“Such illegal actions that target civilians and critical infrastructure endanger the peace and security of the region and beyond,” he said, adding that the US and Britain must accept their international responsibility for committing the crime of aggression.
He also touched upon the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Strip as well as Iran’s response to any threat to the country’s sovereignty.
He said:” It is evident to everyone that the root causes of the current situation in the region are occupation, aggression, and the continued genocide and horrific atrocities committed by the Israeli entity and fully supported by the US against innocent Palestinians in Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The US military attacks against the Muslim nations of the region are part of the complicity of this country in the genocide war against the Palestinians through all-out support for the occupying entity and through preventing any effective international action to hold that entity accountable”.
“We believe that the only solution to end the conflict in the region and prevent the spillover of the war is to return all to their obligations under international law: that is, to force Israel to stop the genocide in Gaza, to establish an immediate ceasefire, to end the presence of US Forces in Iraq and Syria, and to exert pressure to end the occupation of Palestinian territories by the Israeli entity”.
Iravani also condemned the joint military actions of the United States and the United Kingdom against Yemen, which are also a clear violation of the UN Charter and international laws.
Source: IRNA
Souha Suleima