Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, Minister Araqchi said: “Israel’s aggression on Iran cannot and must not be justified under any legal or moral standard. Any sort of justification for this unjust and criminal war equals participation in that crime.”
He said each and every member and observer state of the H.R.C. has “a legal and moral duty” to oppose the Israeli war of aggression on Iran.
“This is an unjust war that has been imposed on my people since the morning hours of Friday, June 13—a war in which Israel has committed a series of illegal and criminal operations against military personnel off duty, university professors, and civilians,” Araqchi said.
The foreign minister said the Israeli regime had struck residential areas, public infrastructure, hospitals, medical centers, the Foreign Ministry, and nuclear facilities.
“Attacking nuclear facilities is considered a significant war crime, especially with regards to the risks to the environment and public health as a result of the leakage of radioactive material,” he said.
“Iran, as a founding member of the United Nations, rightfully expects that each of you stand next to justice, rule of law, and the fundamental principles of humanity and morality,” Minister Araqchi said.
The Israeli regime attacked Iran, including residential buildings in Tehran, in an unprovoked act of aggression overnight on June 13. Top Iranian military officials were assassinated in targeted strikes. Civilians died when houses were directly struck. Entire population centers were affected.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed new military commanders later that same day and said life would turn bleak for Israel. Shortly afterwards, the Iranian Armed Forces promised to “open the gates of hell” to Israel and began waves of punitive strikes inside the Israeli-occupied territories, hitting sensitive sites in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, among other cities, with salvos of missiles and drones. Despite heavy Israeli censorship, abundant footage has appeared of the Iranian missiles hitting their targets in precision strikes and wreaking mayhem.
Life has come to a halt in the occupied territories as Israelis spend day and night in underground bomb shelters. Many Israelis are paying large sums of money to smugglers to take them to Greece and Cyprus by boat.
Iranian officials have said the mission will continue as long as necessary.
Bending under the Iranian strikes, the Israeli regime has been clamoring to coax the United States into joining the war of aggression on Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei has warned the United States that its potential intervention would bring America “irreparable harm.”
IRNA