International law is dead, apart from invoking article 51 (Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security) Since the UNSC won't (can't) do anything:
Iran’s top diplomat pledges ‘legitimate and decisive action’ against Israel
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani reiterated the promise during a phone call with his Belgian counterpart, Hadja Lahbib, saying such action was necessary to defend the country’s “national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty”, according to Iranian media.
Kani spoke with Lahbib on Sunday.
The Iranian diplomat added that Israel “has violated the stability and security of West Asia by targeting a school in Gaza and killing innocent people praying there, attacking a residential area in Beirut, and cowardly assassinating Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran”.
The Belgian minister, in a read-out of her call with Kani, said she expressed “our deepest concern about the risk of regional escalation in the Middle East” and called “on Iran, like all regional players, to exercise the utmost restraint”.
Talk with my Iranian counterpart @Bagheri_Kani.
I expressed him our deepest concern about the risk of regional escalation in the Middle East.
We call on Iran, like all regional players, to exercise the utmost restraint. pic.twitter.com/43VsacH855
— Hadja Lahbib (@hadjalahbib) August 10, 2024
Haniyeh’s killing violated Iran’s sovereignty: China’s top diplomat
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country supports Iran in defending its “sovereignty, security and national dignity”, according to a statement by the ministry.
In a phone call with Iran’s acting foreign minister, Wang repeated Beijing’s condemnation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, saying the strike had violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.
Wang told Ali Bagheri Kani that Haniyeh’s killing “directly undermined the Gaza ceasefire negotiation process and undermined regional peace and stability”, China’s Foreign Ministry said.
Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out a strike that killed Haniyeh on July 31. Israel has not claimed or denied responsibility for the killing. Iran has promised to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination.
