“Unjust war imposed on my people”: Iran FM calls for international action at UN Human Rights Council

Iran’s Overseas Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi strongly condemned Israel’s latest assaults on Iranian territory, describing it as an “unprovoked aggression” and a “grave injustice.”

Talking on the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Saturday, Araqchi mentioned, “That is an unjust conflict imposed on my folks.”

He additional emphasised the authorized and moral duty of member states to face in opposition to this aggression.

The assaults, which started on June 13, focused not solely navy personnel but additionally college professors, abnormal civilians, residential areas, public infrastructure, hospitals, and the international ministry.

“A whole bunch of my fellow Iranians have been killed and injured following Israel’s shock armed assaults and terrorist operations,” he mentioned.

Araqchi highlighted that Iran’s peaceable nuclear services, that are underneath the total monitoring of the Worldwide Atomic Power Company (IAEA), have been additionally focused. “Israel’s assaults on nuclear services are grave conflict crimes, given additionally the hazard of environmental and well being disaster on account of radiological leakage,” he burdened.The Overseas Minister referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to uphold justice, the rule of regulation, and primary humanitarian ideas. “Iran, a founding member of the United Nations system, rightfully expects every certainly one of you to face for justice, rule of regulation, and primary tenets of humanity and ethics,” Araqchi said.He additional emphasised Iran’s inherent proper to defend its territorial integrity, nationwide sovereignty, and safety. “We’re entitled, tasked, and decided to defend our territorial integrity, nationwide sovereignty, and safety with all power. That is our inherent proper, as additionally clearly acknowledged underneath Article 51 of the Constitution,” he mentioned.

Araqchi warned that Israel’s actions represent conflict crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity, posing a critical menace to worldwide peace and the rule of regulation. “Worldwide humanitarian regulation, already badly undermined as a consequence of Israel’s relentless atrocities in occupied Palestine and elsewhere, is now underneath one other extraordinarily critical hazard as Israel is committing grave violations of the 1949 Geneva Conventions,” he added.

Araqchi additionally made it clear that Iran’s actions are in protection of its sovereignty and safety, and any justification for Israel’s aggression could be tantamount to complicity. “Israel aggression on Iran can not and should not be justified by any authorized or ethical requirements,” he emphasised.

Notably, Iran mentioned greater than 400 folks have been killed and no less than 3,000 others wounded since Israel launched its assault on June 13, Al Jazeera reported.