Iran urges UNSC to confront Israel’s adventurism in the region
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi has stressed that the UN Security Council must confront Israel’s adventurism in the region and must reject its deceptions and fabrications.
In a tweet on Friday Takht-Ravanchi said “today Israel and its supporters presented fake information on recent incidents in regional waters to convince the Security Council to censure Iran, but they failed.”
On her part, Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN said that “Israel is playing victim to divert attention from its continuing crimes in occupied Palestine, warning this occupation entity against any acts of adventurism and miscalculations.
Ershadi’s remarks came in a statement on Friday after a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on a recent incident for an Israeli-operated oil tanker in the Sea of Oman.
Tensions simmer in the region in the wake of a suspected drone attack last week on the Israeli-managed tanker — Mercer Street — off the Omani coast, where two crew members were killed. With no evidence, the United States, Israel, and Britain blamed Iran for the incident. Tehran categorically rejects the accusation, according to Press TV.
The Iranian envoy’s comments also came in reaction to a highly provocative statement by Israel’s minister of military affairs Benny Gantz, who said on Thursday that the Israeli entity was prepared to strike Iran, issuing a blatant threat against the Islamic Republic.
“Immediately following this event, Israeli officials accused Iran of the incident. This is what they usually do. It is a standard practice of Israel. Its aim is to divert attention of the world public opinion from the Israeli crimes and inhumane practices in the region. To that end, they accuse others of wrongdoing. In almost all incidents in the Middle East, Israel accuses Iran. They do it immediately and provide no evidence. Playing victim, lying and deception are part of their toolbox,” said Ershadi in her statement.
She also said that Israel’s hue and cry on the Mercer Street incident was aimed, in particular, at concealing its terrorist acts against commercial navigation as it attacked at least 10 oil tankers in regional seas during the past two years.
“Such unlawful and terrorist acts seriously threaten maritime security, disrupt freedom of navigation and endanger energy security,” Ershadi added.
She also stressed that such attacks by the occupying entity are gross violations of international law and the UN Charter and “shall not go unpunished”, stressing that the UNSC must prevent Israel’s “unbridled adventurism” in the region, and must prove that it is not “trapped” by Israel’s “deceptions and fabrications.”
Commenting on Gantz’s military threat against Iran, Ershadi affirmed “Iran warns against any such adventurism and miscalculations. Yet, Iran will not hesitate to defend itself and secure its national interests.”
Hamda Mustafa