Iran has legitimate right to self-defense against Israeli entity

New York, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani has defended his country military actions against the Zionist entity, saying the operation was completely in line with the Islamic Republic’s inherent right to self-defense.

Addressing, the UN Security Council’s emergency meeting held at the request of the Israeli entity, Iravani said Iran’s response was necessary and appropriate based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and international law.

Iran’s operation targeted military targets precisely in order to avoid harming civilians.

In his speech, the Iranian envoy appreciated the Security Council members who condemned the Israeli entity’s attacks on Iran’s diplomatic facilities in Syria and recognized Iran’s inherent right to respond to such terrible attacks.

The speech of Iran’s envoy to the United Nations at the meeting:

Following the Israeli entity’s cowardly terrorist and armed attack against our diplomatic premises in Damascus the Syrian Arab Republic, on the first of April, we notified the UN Security Council and Secretary-General of such international wrongful acts as well as of Iran’s inherent right under international law to respond to such terrorist armed attacks.

We called upon the Security Council to strongly denounce this unjustified criminal and terrorist act, taking decisive and appropriate measures to bring the perpetrators to justice swiftly and prevent the recurrence of such horrible crimes against the diplomatic premises of any member state.

 Regrettably, the Security Council has failed in its duty to maintain international peace and security.

The absence of accountability and the Council’s inaction face with the Israeli genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian people has only emboldened this regime to continue its violations unchecked.

Iran is never seeking to contribute to the spillover of the conflict in the region nor does it to escalate or spread the tension to the entire region.

Source : IRNA