Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani formally rejected a recent Security Council resolution as legally invalid, while warning that the UN's silence on the assassination of top Iranian officials emboldens Israel.
Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has submitted formal protests to UN leadership regarding a recent Security Council resolution and the international body's silence over the targeted killings of senior Iranian officials.
Rejection of UNSC Resolution State-run news agency خبرگزاری ایرنا reports that Iravani presented Iran's legal position on a recent "anti-Iranian" UN Security Council resolution to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly. In his letter, Iravani described the resolution as blatantly "unjust, lacking legal validity," and "detached from objective and legal realities."According to the state-aligned regional outlet خراسان آنلاین, Iravani requested that his letter and its annex be distributed as official documents of both the UNSC and the General Assembly under Agenda Item 84, titled "Rule of law at the national and international levels." While the specific contents of the resolution are not detailed in the Iranian dispatches, it follows the severe March 16 military escalations involving US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Tehran's subsequent retaliation.
Warnings Over Targeted Killings In a separate letter to the Security Council, Iravani protested the UN's inaction regarding the recent deaths of Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, both of whom were killed during the March 16 strikes.The official Telegram channel of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴, noted the letter was written in response to the assassination of "Martyrs Larijani and Khatib." The IRGC channel relayed that Iravani warned the Council's "continued silence and inaction" is making Israel "bolder in normalizing the targeted killing of government officials." Iravani cautioned that if this trend remains unchecked, it will not be limited to Iran and will eventually "spread to officials and leaders of other countries."
The Farsi sources utilize official state terminology, characterizing the deceased leaders as 'Martyrs' and referring to the UN resolution strictly as 'anti-Iranian.' The specific text or content of the UN resolution contested in the reports is not detailed in the source messages, but contextually aligns with the diplomatic fallout following the March 16 joint US-Israel strikes and Iran's subsequent retaliatory bombardment.