Iranian Foreign Ministry holds briefing
Predator cannot be put on equal footing with victim: Iranian Foreign Ministry
- All the member states of the United Nations must be reminded that if you believe in the UN Charter, in the rule of law, in international law, and in the collective security of the international community, you must act.
- It is time for the Security Council to take the necessary measures; enough with words, it is time for action.
- The predator cannot be put on equal footing with the victim. You cannot continue to adopt dual standards.
- They [Israeli forces] targeted residential areas. They targeted peaceful nuclear facilities in Isfahan and other areas in utter violation of international law, international practices and norms.
- It is the Zionist enemy that initiated this belligerence, assassinating our scientists and killing innocent civilians in their homes.
The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry continues his news briefing by holding up pictures of several civilian victims of Israeli attacks, including children, and sharing their stories.
“It is the Zionist entity that is accustomed to killing innocent children, as they are doing in Gaza,” Esmail Baghaei said.
The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the Israeli attacks on Iran are not a war against the country but “against humanity”. “It is a belligerence initiated by a criminal group, defying the international community and international law,” Esmail Baghaei told the news briefing in Tehran.
“All those who believe in the peaceful co-living and all those who believe in the international law are required to take action, to put an end to these brutal, ruthless crimes, to pressure this Zionist entity and bring it to account,” he says, in translated remarks.
Baghaei also called on “friendly countries” to step up their efforts for the passing of a binding resolution against Israel. “This is the first step to begin with, it must be declared to the whole world, it is a baseless belligerence,” he said, reiterating that Israel’s actions are “an utter violation” of international law.
Israel undermined diplomacy, US should take firm stance: Iranian Foreign Ministry
Esmail Baghaei now addresses the issue of Iran’s negotiations with the US.
- We should look at the realities on the ground.
- We were actively engaged in negotiations, and all of a sudden, we were taken by surprise by Israel’s belligerence.
- We wouldn’t have imagined that they would take such an action backed by the United States.
- It is the Zionist entity that undermined diplomacy; it is the responsibility of the US to take a firm stance.
- The contradictory stance adopted by the US in the face of this belligerence is not helpful.
- However, we do not have any doubt that the US administration and US officials are accomplices to this belligerence.
- Raising the issue of negotiations is pointless at this time.
- The Security Council must make it clear that this is an unlawful, unjustifiable belligerence.
