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Iran to UNSC: Trump’s confession evinces US direct role in 12-day war
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, said on Friday US president’s admission that he was “very much in charge” of Israel’s war against Iran in June, confirms Washington’s direct involvement in Israel’s aggression against Iran.
Donald Trump on Thursday claimed responsibility for Israel’s attacks on Iran, contradicting previous statements that the regime acted unilaterally.
“Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that,” Trump told reporters.
But in the early hours of the aggression, Washington stressed that Israel acted on its own and warned Tehran against retaliating against US troops and interests in the region.
“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at that time.
In a letter to the UN Security Council on Friday, Iravani said Trump’s statement provides “clear and irrefutable evidence” of US leadership, orchestration, and command responsibility in the attacks which killed many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
Iravani condemned the aggression as a “grave and flagrant violation” of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law, noting that it resulted in civilian casualties, destruction of infrastructure, and damage to Iran’s safeguarded nuclear facilities.
He further stressed that the statement “clearly and unequivocally exposes the falsity of the earlier statement made by the United States Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] on 13 June 2025, in which he deceitfully claimed that ‘we are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region.’”
The Iranian envoy declared that both the US and Israel “bear full and joint responsibility for their aggression and for the resulting loss of innocent lives, the extensive destruction of civilian property and infrastructure, and the deliberate targeting of safeguarded and peaceful nuclear facilities.”
On June 13, Israel launched an unprovoked war against the Islamic Republic, assassinating many of the country’s top military brass, scientists, and ordinary civilians.
More than a week later, the United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson also on Fraday reacted to US president’s remarks, calling them “undeniable evidence” of Washington’s direct intervention.
“From the very beginning, it was clear that the United States had fully participated in the crime of Israeli aggression against the Iranian nation,” Ismaeil Baqaei said in a post on X on Friday.