Araghchi raps Washington for normalizing war crimes
Trump seeking to drag region into endless war: UN Mission
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described US threats to attack Iranian infrastructure as an attempt to “normalize war crimes and genocide,” warning that any such action would be met with a “decisive and comprehensive” response from Iran’s armed forces.
In a phone call with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday, Araghchi stressed that the repercussions would not be confined to Iran or the region, but would have devastating effects on global energy and economy – responsibility for which would lie solely with US authorities and aggressors, IRNA reported.
The warning comes amid repeated threats from US President Donald Trump to bomb and destroy Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed before his deadline on Tuesday.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York also responded to the threats, accusing Trump of seeking to drag the region into an endless war.
It called on the UN to act immediately against this “blatant and shameless threat” to target civilian infrastructure, describing it as direct incitement to terror and clear evidence of intent to commit war crimes.
Decisive, immediate response to any aggression
Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy foreign minister for legal affairs, echoed the condemnation in a tweet, urging Trump to cease threats whose impact, he said, would not be limited to Iran.
He cited violations of the UN Charter and the Rome Statute, framing threats against bridges and power plants as war crimes under international law.
Gharibabadi affirmed that, under Article 51 of the UN Charter, Iran would deliver a “decisive, immediate, and regret-inducing” response to any aggression or imminent threat. These exchanges occur against a backdrop of already ongoing attacks on Iranian civilian sites—including hospitals, schools, universities, research centers, nuclear facilities, oil installations, and bridges—since February 28.
One of the latest strikes targeted the data center at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, which hosts the national Artificial Intelligence platform and many other services.
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref denounced the attack as a symbol of Trump’s “madness and ignorance,” asserting that Iranian knowledge resides not in concrete but in the will of its scholars and elites—a fortress that cannot be destroyed.
Israel also targeted Iran’s South Pars petrochemical facilities in Assaluyeh, Khuzestan, on Monday.