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Iran upbraids UN action vis-à-vis global developments
US, allies ‘biggest violators’ of UN Charter: FM spox
Iran on Monday criticized the United Nations’ treatment of recent developments in the Middle East region and across the globe, saying that the UN Security Council has failed to carry out its duties.
“The United Nations has not performed satisfactorily in its recent tests,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said during an address to a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding.
“The (UN) Security Council, as the most important body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, has fallen short of carrying out its duties, and this failure has negatively affected other aspects of the UN’s performance as well.”
Referring to a US-Israeli aggression against Iran in June, which killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians, Baqaei highlighted why Iran must hold the international community and the United Nations accountable.
“Our country was attacked by the Zionist regime and the United States without any justification. In this test, the United Nations failed to perform effectively,” he underlined.
He further noted that the Security Council “due to US influence, was unable to issue even a brief statement condemning this aggression.”
“This same situation has been observed in other recent events, including the efforts by three European countries to reimpose terminated sanctions on Iran under the pretext of nuclear issues,” he added.
Despite clear biases within the UN Security Council and other bodies, and “unlawful and oppressive resolutions” against Iran, Baqaei said the country has “never torn apart the UN Charter in disrespect of its principles.”
“We have never considered the United Nations an ineffective body,” he said, contrasting Iran’s approach with the Israeli regime’s actions like threatening international court judges or designating the secretary-general as persona non grata.
“Now is not the time for retreat or inaction. We believe in justice, and we have faith in a United Nations that truly represents the rights of nations,” he highlighted.
Baqaei elaborated that safeguarding international peace and security, alongside developing friendly relations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people, were defined as the UN’s primary goals.
He lamented that from its inception, the UN’s principles have been subjected to “violation, arbitrary interpretation, and repeated abuse” by powers unable to free themselves from a “colonial mindset and delusion of superiority.”
He pointed to the current global landscape, marred by endless wars, widespread injustice, and human dignity falling victim to greed and racism, as a consequence.
Baqaei also slammed “aggressive unilateralism” guiding the United States and its allies, which has plunged the world into unprecedented insecurity and chaos.
“Undoubtedly, the United States and some of its allies are the biggest violators of the principles and objectives of the UN Charter,” Baqaei stated.
According to Baqaei, the genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Israeli regime’s military attacks on several countries, terrorist acts, and occupation of sovereign lands, all with the “full support and complicity” of the US and some European governments, created an atmosphere of “absolute impunity.”