Iran's UN envoy: Attacks on non-military infrastructure amount to state terrorism
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has vehemently condemned the US-Israeli strikes on two major Iranian steel plants, saying that attacks on non-military infrastructure are state terrorism and a flagrant violation of international law.
"The deliberate attacks against the non-military facilities in Iran represent state terrorism, and are in blatant contravention of international law, including international humanitarian law," Amir Saeid Iravani wrote in two identical letters addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres and rotating president of the Security Council.
The senior Iranian diplomat stated that what is worrisome is the evidence that these assaults were carried out with the intent to weaken Iran's economic capacity, exert pressure on the civilian population, and create widespread insecurity.
"Any such attempt entails direct violation of the international humanitarian law, including the prohibition of attacks on non-military properties, as well as prohibition of threats of violence with the main objective of intimidating and frightening civilians," Iravani said.
He added, "Within such a framework, the intentional targeting of non-military industrial infrastructure with the intent to exert economic pressure or collective punishment could constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law like war crimes, and requires legal accountability of all those planning and implementing them.”
The United States and Israel launched a large-scale and unprovoked war against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
In response, Iranian Armed Forces have carried out waves of retaliatory missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.
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