Iran has warned the UN Security Council over explicit US threats against Tehran, while a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution described President Donald Trump as “fearful of defeat.”
Addressing an open debate of the UN Security Council on Monday, Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani said Washington’s conduct has gone beyond Iran alone, saying that the United States continuously threatens sovereign countries with attack.
He described threats issued against Tehran as explicit and ongoing, noting how US President Donald Trump has “openly and repeatedly threatened Iran with the use of force and military intervention.”
The envoy urged action at the international level, stressing that the UN Security Council had to explicitly point out to and condemn these violations that have been committed by the United States.
The Charter of the United Nations is “under deliberate assault,” which is “driven by those who believe power confers exemption from law and that peace should be established through strength and power,” added the ambassador.
“The Charter of the United Nations was never meant to be optional. It is not a menu from which powerful States may choose what suits them and discard what constrains them,” he stressed.
Iravani went on to name examples of “sustained pattern of unlawful actions” by Washington that undermine the Charter, including defying ICJ rulings, imposing blockade on Venezuela and kidnapping its president, “issuing persistent threats, the use of force and military attack against other sovereign states” and “threatening occupation or control of foreign territories.”
“These illegal unilateral actions erode the international rule of law, undermine multilateralism, and gravely endanger international peace and security,” he added.
He further noted that the US president had “explicitly incited unrest within my country, called for the takeover of institutions, and promoted violence under the guise of political pressure.”
Pointing to the “grave” human cost of these “unlawful policies,” the diplomat said that “the United States bears full legal and moral responsibility for the foreseeable consequences of its actions, including civilian deaths, injuries, and the destruction of public and private property.”
The remarks have followed a pattern of repeated menacing comments made by the US president concerning Iran, in which he first threatened the Islamic Republic with fresh military aggression in the wake of foreign-backed riots inside Iran.
Foreign-backed riotous elements hijacked peaceful protests over economic grievances in early January.
The elements were confirmed by Iranian intelligence to be in receipt of American and Israeli intelligence, arms, and logistical support, prompting Iranian forces to promptly round up ringleaders and confiscate firearms, including weapons bound for the capital Tehran.
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Iranian officials have pledged to address the nation’s economic problems, but vowed, at the same time, to stand firmly in the face of efforts at diverting related protests towards chaos.
Source: Iranian media