TEHRAN: The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson hit back at the leaders of the G7 who have expressed support for the Israeli regime and accused Iran of being a source of regional instability while the Zionists have started a flagrant act of aggression against the Iranian people.
“The G7 leaders’ statement has revealingly disregarded Israel's blatant aggression against Iran and the unlawful attacks on our peaceful nuclear infrastructure as well as indiscriminate targeting of residential areas and killing of our citizens,” Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on his X account on Tuesday.
“Member States of G7, in particular the three permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must shoulder their legal and moral responsibility towards an egregious act of aggression against a UN member. They have to call a spade a spade. Israel's war of aggression on Iran is a detrimental blow to the UN Charter and Charter-based international law. It is also an unprecedented attack on the tenets of non-proliferation regime and the legal protection it is supposed to grant to non-nuclear states against any such attacks,” he added.
“Israel has launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran and attacked Iran's nuclear sites in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and in defiance of prohibition of use/threat of force against peaceful nuclear facilities,” the spokesman said.
“Hundreds of innocent people have been killed, our public and state facilities and people's homes are brutally demolished and hospitals & health centers are targeted,” Baqaei noted.
“Iran is defending itself against a cruel aggression. Does Iran really have any other choice?” he asked.
“The UNSC and its Member States must not defeat the very purpose of the United Nations. The UNSC members should, shall and must ACT NOW in furtherance of the Council's primary responsibility and stop the aggressor from committing more atrocities,” he underlined.
“The path to regional stability requires an immediate end to Israel’s aggression and accountability for its violations of international law. The G7 must abandon its one-sided rhetoric and address the real source of escalation: Israel's AGGRESSION,” the Iranian spokesman stressed.
The Iranian military forces have launched several rounds of retaliatory missile strikes against the Israeli targets since June 13 after the Zionist regime attacked Iran.
The Zionist regime’s unprovoked act of aggression and airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military and residential sites have resulted in the martyrdom of top military commanders, nuclear scientists and ordinary citizens, including 45 women and children.
