Iran has warned the US it will likely be “solely and totally answerable for the damaging penalties” of its assaults on Iranian nuclear websites, with Tehran’s overseas minister condemning the strikes as crossing a serious pink line.
Iran’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered the stark warning throughout an deal with to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Sunday, talking simply hours after US President Donald Trump introduced that American warplanes had “obliterated” three Iranian nuclear amenities.
Araghchi stated the US had crossed “a really massive pink line” by attacking Iran’s nuclear websites and referred to as on the United Nations Safety Council to behave instantly.
“It’s an outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation of the basic ideas of the Constitution of the United Nations and worldwide legislation,” he stated, including that the “warmongering and lawless” US administration might be “solely and totally answerable for the damaging penalties and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression”.
The Iranian overseas minister accused the US of working along with Israel on the strikes, saying the assault revealed “the extent of the US’ hostility in direction of the peace-seeking individuals of Iran.” He declared: “The US army assault on the territorial integrity and nationwide sovereignty of a UN member state carried out in collusion with the genocidal Israeli regime has as soon as once more revealed the extent of the US’ hostility in direction of the peace-seeking individuals of Iran. We’ll by no means compromise on their independence and sovereignty.”
Iran has vowed to defend itself in opposition to each American and Israeli actions. “The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to defend Iran’s territory, sovereignty, and folks by all means obligatory in opposition to not simply US army aggression, but additionally the reckless and illegal actions of the Israeli regime,” Araghchi said.
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The present disaster started when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched strikes on Iran on thirteenth June. Netanyahu praised Trump’s “daring resolution” to hit Iran’s nuclear websites, saying Israel and the US acted in “full coordination”. He has pledged to proceed the assaults for “as many days because it takes” to cease Iran from creating a “nuclear risk”.
Iran maintains that its uranium enrichment programme is solely for civilian functions, comparable to producing electrical energy, and denies Israeli allegations that it’s secretly creating nuclear weapons.
After the strikes, Trump demanded that Iran “should now agree to finish this struggle” and stated that on no account may Iran possess a nuclear weapon. Nonetheless, Araghchi dismissed any demand to return to negotiations on the nation’s nuclear programme as “irrelevant”.
Iran’s overseas minister accused the US of betraying diplomatic efforts whereas negotiations have been nonetheless ongoing. “The world should not overlook that it was the US which – within the midst of a course of to forge a diplomatic end result – betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal Israeli regime’s launch of an unlawful struggle of aggression on the Iranian nation,” Araghchi stated.
“So we have been in diplomacy, however we have been attacked. They gave a inexperienced mild to Israelis, if not instructed them, to assault Iran’s nuclear amenities. They’ve proved that they don’t seem to be males of diplomacy, and so they solely perceive the language of risk and power.”
Araghchi additionally accused President Trump of betraying American voters who elected him on a platform of ending “America’s expensive involvement in ‘ceaselessly wars’”. “He has betrayed not solely Iran by abusing our dedication to diplomacy, but additionally deceived his personal voters by submitting to the desires of a wished struggle felony who has grown accustomed to exploiting the lives and wealth of Americans to additional the Israeli regime’s aims,” stated Araghchi, referring to Netanyahu.
Regardless of Iran’s warnings, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on Sunday that America nonetheless hopes Iran will return to peace talks. “I can solely affirm that there are each private and non-private messages being delivered to the Iranians in a number of channels, giving them each alternative to come back to the desk,” he instructed reporters.
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The battle has already taken a heavy toll. In keeping with Iran, greater than 400 individuals have been killed and at the least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its assaults on thirteenth June. In Israel, at the least 24 individuals have died in Iranian strikes.
Iran has referred to as for pressing worldwide motion in response to the US strikes. The nation’s delegation to the United Nations formally referred to as for an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council on Sunday. In a letter submitted to the council carried by Fars Information Company, the Iranian delegation urged “fast motion and the adoption of obligatory measures beneath the framework of the United Nations Constitution”.
Araghchi warned that the worldwide group’s failure to reply may have international penalties: “Silence within the face of such blatant aggression will plunge the world into an unprecedented stage of hazard and chaos. Humanity has come too far as a species to permit a lawless bully to take us again to the legislation of the jungle.”
Following the strikes, Iran’s overseas minister introduced he would head to Moscow for pressing consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning. “Russia is a buddy of Iran and we take pleasure in a strategic partnership,” he stated in Istanbul. “We all the time seek the advice of with one another and coordinate our positions.”
