Iran explains to the UN that the attacks against Syria and Iraq are based on the right “to self-defense”

2024-01-17 03:46:00

The Iranian permanent representative to the UN assures that “the operations have been necessary and proportionate”

MADRID, 17 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The permanent representative of Iran to the UN, Amir Saed Irwani, sent a letter to the United Nations on Tuesday to explain that its attacks on Tuesday against Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria were carried out on the basis of the “right to self-defense” contained in the organization’s Charter.

“Iran, as one of the main victims of terrorism, based on the exercise of its rights to self-defense established by International Law and the UN Charter, has carried out anti-terrorist operations. These operations include attacks against bases and facilities of terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq,” reads the document, shared on the website of the Iranian representation.

In that sense, it has justified the attacks in the Syrian regions of Idlib (northwest) as being directed against the terrorist groups Islamic State and Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), heir of the Al Nusra Front, a former affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, while The operation in Iraq, which has left at least four dead, would have hit a spy unit associated with Israel and which was supposedly carrying out intelligence and sabotage missions against Iran.

“The operations have been necessary and proportionate, precisely reaching terrorist bases and fully respecting Iran’s international obligations, especially International Humanitarian Law,” the statement continues.

Likewise, Irwani has reiterated respect for the “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity” of both Iraq and Syria, and has asked for the letter to be disclosed in the United Nations Security Council, where this Tuesday the Iraqi authorities presented a complaint against Iran for these bombings, also condemned by the UN itself.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirmed early Tuesday attacks with ballistic missiles against “the main spy headquarters of the Mossad in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan”, dedicated to “planning espionage operations and planning terrorist actions in the region. It also carried out another bombing in northwest Syria against “meeting places of commanders and main elements related to recent terrorist crimes”, within the framework of what it describes as a “response” to the attacks in Kerman and Rask.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has thus referred to the double attack near the tomb of General Qasem Soleimani – which left more than 90 dead – and the assault in December against a checkpoint in the province of Sistan and Balochistan, respectively. The attack in Kerman was claimed by the Islamic State and the assault in Rask was the work of the Sunni terrorist group Jaish al-Adl.