Iran files complaint to UNSC over Trump’s threats of military attack
Iran filed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over recent threatening remarks by the US President Donald Trump against the Islamic Republic, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said on Tuesday.
In a post on his X account, Gharibabadi said that a “large turnout” of the Iranians in the Monday’s nationwide rallies commemorating the 46th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution was a “strong response” to the US president’s recent threats.
“Iran will resolutely protect its security and national interests,” Gharibabadi added.
He called Trump’s remarks in “violation of international law and the UN Charter.”
His comments came following the US president’s talks of Israel’s military attack on Iran if Washington and Tehran fail to reach an agreement on the latter’s nuclear program.
“I would like a deal done with Iran on non-nuclear. I would prefer that to bombing the hell out of it… They don’t want to die. Nobody wants to die,” Trump told New York Post on Saturday.
“If we made the deal, Israel wouldn’t bomb them.”
In a separate interview with Fox News on Monday, the US president reiterated its threats, saying that “I think Iran would love to make a deal and I would love to make a deal with them without bombing them.”
“Everybody thinks Israel with our help or our approval will go in and bomb the hell out of them,” Trump said, stressing that Israel would need the US support for such a strike.
“I would prefer that not happen. I’d much rather see a deal with Iran where we can do a deal, supervise, check it, inspect it.”
After taking office on January 20, the US president restored his so-called “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran that includes efforts to drive its oil exports down to zero.
Snapback of sanctions
Trump also directed his UN ambassador to work with allies to “complete the snapback of international sanctions and restrictions on Iran,” under a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
The US walked out of the agreement in 2018, during Trump’s first term, and Iran began moving away from its commitments under the deal after parties to the agreement failed to keep up their end of the bargain. The Trump administration had also tried to trigger the snapback of sanctions in 2020, but the move was dismissed by the UN Security Council.
Responding to the Trump’s threats, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that the country “does not seek war… but will not yield to foreign pressure.”
He further criticized US president’s claim of willingness to hold talks with Iran while simultaneously restoring his “maximum pressure” policy.
Rejecting Trump’s offer of negotiations for a deal, Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that talks with the US was “not smart, wise or honorable,” under threats.
“It will not solve any of our problems. The reason? Experience!” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Friday.
He was referring to the US’ withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement and its subsequent reimposition of sanctions against Tehran, which left the future of the deal in limbo.