Deputy FM calls on int’l community to stop Israeli aggression in West Asia
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeid Khatibzadeh said regional countries and the international community should stop Israeli aggression against countries in the West Asia region.
He made the remarks in an address on November 6 to a seminar at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Japan’s capital, Tokyo,
“Israel, driven by geopolitical delusions and a desire for expansionism, strategic depth, the extension of its borders, and the establishment of strategic superiority over the entire West Asia region, has carried out a series of aggression and attacks in the region — actions that must be stopped by the regional countries and the international community,” Khatibzadeh said.
In his remarks, he referred to the recent Israeli onslaught on Iran, describing it as a blatant violation of the principles of international law.
“Despite the absence of any evidence indicating the existence of nuclear weapons or deviation in Iran’s nuclear program — and while negotiations and diplomacy were ongoing — one must ask why Israel, in close cooperation with the United States, carried out this attack. The answer to this question clearly determines how countries should respond to such an act of aggression,” the Iranian official said.
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 jumped on the bandwagon by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the illegal assault.