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Iran's envoy: US, Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear sites violate UN charter

Iran Press TV

Friday, 05 September 2025 8:36 AM

Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations says the recent US-Israeli attacks on the country's peaceful nuclear sites violate the UN charter, urging the international community to hold violators of international law accountable.

Amir Saeed Iravani made the remarks at the UN General Assembly, as it met on Thursday to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

Noting that the occasion is aimed to remind the people of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear tests on humans, the environment and the international peace and security, the ambassador referred to new forms of nuclear risks, including deliberate attacks on nuclear facilities.

"Dangers posed by nuclear tests are not confined to deliberate explosions alone; the threat or use of force against nuclear facilities entails equally grave risks."

Iravani added that the recent "reckless" Israeli-US attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities, which operate under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and are devoted exclusively to peaceful purposes, bring attention to this urgent concern.

The June attacks constitute "a blatant violation of international law, including the principles of the UN charter," and are considered "a direct assault on the foundations of multilateralism," he said.

They also pose a "grave threat" to international peace and security and undermine trust in the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime, the envoy stressed.

Referring to Israeli attacks on Iranian cities hosting International Monitoring System (IMS) stations, Iravani said these "unlawful actions" are equally alarming, jeopardize the safety and integrity of those facilities, endanger the lives of their technical personnel, and strike at the very infrastructure that underpins the global verification regime.

"The international community must therefore unequivocally condemn these actions, demand accountability for those who violate international law, and strengthen legal protections for nuclear installations," he stressed, noting that the perpetrators must know that they cannot enjoy impunity for such "grave violations."

"It would be a clear hypocrisy and double standard to condemn nuclear testing while turning a blind eye to actions that carry similar consequences."

The Iranian envoy emphasized that remaining silent on new nuclear risks would be a betrayal to the memory of the victims of nuclear tests.

He warned that the attacks on safeguarded nuclear facilities not only violate the "inalienable" rights of a sovereign state, but also "undermine the credibility" of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the trust that underpins it.

"If peaceful nuclear facilities can no longer be considered safe from threat or use of force, what meaning remains in the guarantees the Treaty promises?" Iravani wondered.

On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked aggression against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.

The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.

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.