Iran complains to UN: US-Israeli attack on fuel tanks blatant violation of international humanitarian law

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum has condemned a deliberate US-Israeli attack on fuel storage tanks as a clear violation of international humanitarian law and multilateral environmental commitments.

In a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Mohsen Paknejad argued that such attacks meet the criteria for an environmental crime, including “ecocide.”

“The Israeli regime and the United States of America, in continuation of their hostile policies and military aggression, carried out attacks on March 7 and 18, 2026, against strategic oil reserves, storage facilities, and gas refineries of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the letter said.

He added that these attacks constitute a serious escalation, targeting Iran’s energy security and economic stability, and have had extensive consequences for civilian infrastructure and essential services.

The letter emphasized that these actions have not only led to the destruction of parts of Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure but have also resulted in catastrophic human and environmental consequences.

“The deliberate attack on fuel tanks is a clear violation of international humanitarian law and multilateral environmental commitments and meets the criteria for an environmental crime, including ecocide,” the letter stated.

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“Such actions give rise to the international responsibility of the Israeli regime and the United States of America as the perpetrators of these crimes and require full accountability before competent international authorities, including the obligation to provide full compensation for all material and moral damages,” the minister noted.

The letter requested that the Secretary-General “condemn these illegal actions in the strongest and most explicit terms possible” and call on the international community to take immediate and effective measures to ensure accountability and prevent the recurrence of such egregious violations.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale and unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28 by assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and high-ranking military commanders, despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Within the framework of their legitimate response, the Iranian armed forces immediately initiated powerful missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.

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