Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saíd Iravani on Wednesday criticized a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate halt to Iranian attacks on the Gulf states, and he declared it politically motivated. It was reported by the AFP agency.
“Today’s step represents an obvious misuse of the mandate of the Security Council to promote the political goals of certain members, various states responsible for a brutal war of aggression against my country,” he said on the grounds of the UN Security Council in Íravání.
According to the UNSC, Iran’s attacks on the Persian Gulf states are a violation of international law and pose a serious threat to international peace and security. In a resolution proposed by Bahrain to the UNSC “demands an immediate halt to all attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan”.
13 council members voted for the resolution, permanent members Russia and China abstained. The attacks of the United States and Israel on Iran are not mentioned in her text. Council members also condemned “all actions or threats by the Islamic Republic of Iran to close, block or otherwise disrupt international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or jeopardizing maritime security in the Báb al-Mandeb Strait’.
Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Persian Gulf countries that host US military facilities in response to a military operation by Israel and the United States. Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkiyan apologized to the affected countries on Saturday and declared that Tehran will stop the strikes unless the attack on Iran comes from these countries.
On Tuesday, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Iravani, sharply criticized the members of the UNSC who supported the proposal, accusing them of trying to “reward the aggressors and punish the victim through a biased and politically motivated resolution”.
