US must face consequences of anti-Iran onslaught in June: Qalibaf
Iran’s Parliament speaker reacted to US president’s confession that he was “very much in charge” of Israel’s war against Iran in June, saying that Washington must face the legal and political consequences of the aggression.
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf made the remarks during an open session of Parliament on Sunday, three days after US President Donald Trump acknowledged that he was “very much in charge of” June’s Israeli-American aggression against Iran.
“Following the US president’s explicit admission of direct responsibility in the Zionist regime’s aggression against Iran — which constitutes a blatant violation of international law, the United Nations Charter, and our national sovereignty — I, on behalf of the noble and honorable people of Iran, strongly condemn this heinous act,” he said.
“I declare that, under international law, the US government must accept the legal, political, and military consequences of this blatant aggression, which has led to the martyrdom of many of our citizens.”
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 had acted on its own and warned Tehran against retaliating against US troops and interests in the region.
Israel launched the unprovoked aggression against Iran on June 13, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the terrorist aggression.
On Friday, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, in a letter to the UN Security Council said the US president’s admission confirms Washington’s direct involvement in Israel’s aggression against Iran.
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.