US-Israeli Attacks On Iran 'war Against The UN Charter': Envoy

HAMILTON (Canada), March 1 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Iran's UN envoy on Saturday criticised the United States (US) and Israel for waging a "war against the Charter of the United Nations" during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Tehran had repeatedly warned about "warmongering statements and interfering actions in the internal affairs of Iran by the President of the US."

"We have communicated on several occasions with this Council and the Secretary General about warmongering statements and interfering actions in the internal affairs of Iran by the President of the US in a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law, and called for Council action, but regrettably, all went unanswered,” he said.

Iravani stressed that "what is occurring against my country is a clear act of aggression," he said. "It is an open armed aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran."

"The United States and Israel's war today is not merely a war against Iran. It is a war against the Charter of the United Nations, a war against international law and a war against international legal order," he added.

Expressing gratitude to Russia, China and Pakistan for their "principled position in condemnation of this unlawful act," Iravani said that "it is regrettable that some members of this body, in a blatant double standard, disregard the flagrant act of aggression committed by the US and Israel against Iran and condemn Iran for exercising its inherent right to self-defence under the UN Charter.”

He highlighted the increasing human toll amid the attacks, and called it "a war crime, and a crime against humanity."

Pointing to comments by US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, he accused the American envoy of attempting "to distort facts and rely on misinformation to justify the blatant aggression of the United States and Israel against his country."

He stressed that the "justification advanced by the representative of the United States today is illegal and entirely devoid of legal foundation," adding that the US and Israeli attacks "have no standing under international law."

"I also categorically reject the assertion made by the representative of France, the United Kingdom and certain other Western members regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear programme," he said, arguing that their claims "lack factual and legal basis."

The emergency session was requested by the permanent missions of France, Bahrain, China, Russia and Colombia.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU