Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Said Iravani, called on the UN Security Council to intervene in the situation with Israel and avoid a large-scale war in the region.
In a letter to the UN Security Council and the Secretary General Antonio Guterres Iravani reiterated calls for Iran to “urgently and decisively intervene to stop Israel’s ongoing aggression and war crimes against Lebanon, Gaza and Syria and prevent the situation from escalating into a full-scale regional war.”
He said Tehran launched missile attacks against military and security targets in Israel in self-defense, in accordance with the UN Charter and in response to Israel’s “aggressive actions.”
Among those actions he mentioned the assassination of the Hamas leader. Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, pager explosions in Lebanon in September, assassinations of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the Iranian general Abbas Nilforushan in Beirut on September 27.
Iravani said the Security Council’s inaction “allowed Israel to flagrantly violate all red lines and basic principles of international law.”
He also warned that Iran’s response to any act of aggression against Tehran “will be swift, decisive and stronger than before.”
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that the UN Security Council, at the request of France and Israel, has scheduled an emergency meeting on the worsening situation in the Middle East for Wednesday at 10:00 (17:00 Moscow time).
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dani Danon In a letter to the Security Council, he accused Iran of trying to destroy Israel with a “ring of fire on seven fronts” and called for Tehran to be condemned and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a terrorist organization.
