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Iran envoy decries Trump’s threat to use force against Tehran
Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN made the remarks in a letter to the UN chief and the president of the Security Council on Tuesday.
Amir Saeid Iravani said Trump’s reckless and inflammatory statements flagrantly violate international law and the UN Charter, Press TV reported.
“Upon the instructions from my Government, I am writing to draw the Security Council’s attention to deeply alarming and irresponsible remarks made by the President of the United States, in which he openly threatened the use of force against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Iravani said.
Trump said he would prefer to make a deal with Iran rather than “bomb the hell out of it,” in a media interview published on Saturday.
“I would like a deal done with Iran on non-nuclear. I would prefer that to bomb the hell out of it,” Trump told the New York Post. “They don’t want to die. Nobody wants to die.”
In yet another belligerent statement, during an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump reiterated the same language of war. “I would like to make a deal without bombing them.”
Iravani said Trump’s “reckless and inflammatory statements flagrantly violate international law and the UN Charter, particularly Article 2(4), which prohibits threats or use of force against sovereign states.”
The Iranian diplomat also slammed Trump’s so-called maximum pressure” policy against Iran as a blatant violation of fundamental principles and norms of international law.
Iravani called on the Security Council not to remain silent in the face of such brazen rhetoric and condemned it unequivocally.
He warned that any act of aggression against Iran will have severe consequences, for which the US will bear full responsibility.
He emphasized that Iran will resolutely defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national interests against any hostile action.
Trump’s threats came a few days after he signed an order seeking to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero, while also claiming that he wanted to work towards a nuclear deal.