Iravani: “US attempt to accuse Iran of violating UNSC Resolution 2231 unfounded”
New York – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani says that Tehran pursues a clear and stable stance in relation to the Russia-Ukraine war.
In a letter to the UN Security Council President Ferit Hoxha and the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, Iravani said that the United States’ pessimistic attempt to create an illusory link between the alleged usage of drones in the Ukraine war and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 with the aim of accusing Iran of violating the resolution is misleading and categorically unfounded.
“In response to the letter dated 11 September 2023, from the Permanent Representatives of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2023/661), wherein the United States, in continuation of its repeated and baseless accusations and spread of misinformation, has once again attempted to level unsubstantiated claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” the letter reads.
“The cynical attempt by the United States to establish an illusory link between the alleged use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the conflict in Ukraine and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) to accuse Iran of violating this resolution is misleading and entirely unfounded. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected these unfounded and absurd allegations on several occasions and through various communications to the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General, including a letter dated 17 August 2023 (S/2023/610). All of these phony charges are once again rejected. The alleged and the so-called evidence attached to the letter presented by the United States Defense Intelligence Agency as “declassified information” is utterly fabricated and devoid of any legal validity. The United States seeks not only to intentionally mislead the international community but also to manipulate the mandate of the United Nations Secretariat for the sole purpose of serving its own political interests despite its ongoing and significant violations of Resolution 2231,” the latter clarified.
Source: IRNA