Iran has formally informed the United Nations (UN) about media reports that cited US and Israeli plans to assassinate senior Iranian leadership officials, which include Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, according to a report by the local media.
The media says that Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, expressed deep concern over the reported assassination plots in an official letter on Thursday addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council.
"I draw the immediate attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to the reports published in the media. These reports indicate that the United States and the Israeli regime have identified and designated high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Mr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, as assassination targets. The reports describe any suspension of such plans as merely temporary", he said.
"Such a policy clearly indicates a serious violation of the peremptory rules of international law. The conditional nature of the alleged 'suspension' also confirms that the threat remains real, deliberate, and ongoing," Iravani said.
He called assassinating of high-ranking officials of a sovereign UN member state a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and breach of international human rights law, further noting that any attack on their lives would undermine the foundations of peaceful international relations and said that Iran firmly condemns any attempt to normalise the assassination of high-ranking government officials, describing it as a destructive and biased policy that represents state terrorism, sets a dangerous precedent, and poses a serious threat to international peace and security.
It is learnt through the local media that Iravani issued strong protests to the United Nations against Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates for allowing their territory and airspace to be used by the United States and Israel to carry out attacks on Iranian soil.
"Considering the international responsibility of states arising from making their territory available for committing acts of aggression and carrying out armed attacks against the territory of a third state, the Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed its strong and firm protest against the above-mentioned illegal actions," Iravani said.
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