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'Brazen attack on intl. law': Iranian foreign ministry report details Israeli aggression

Iran Press TV

Sunday, 13 July 2025 11:39 AM

In a report, Iran's foreign ministry has detailed how the large-scale and unprovoked Israeli military aggression against Iran violated international law and humanitarian principles.

The report, titled "Brazen Attack on International Law by the Israeli Regime", documents extensive civilian casualties, damage to infrastructure, and the targeted killings of military leaders and scientists as a result of the aggression that began on June 13 and lasted for 12 days.

According to the report, on the morning of June 13, Israel, led by a prime minister facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), launched a premeditated, large-scale military attack on Iranian soil with the green light from the United States.

The aggression, the report notes, was carried out without provocation, in direct violation of the United Nations Charter, particularly Article 2(4), as well as numerous resolutions, including UNGA Resolution 2625 (XXV) and UNGA Resolution 3314 (XXIX).

As emphasized in the report, the Israeli regime conducted indiscriminate strikes on densely populated civilian areas, vital infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and non-combatants.

The result was hundreds of fatalities, thousands of injuries, and significant damage to the country's medical, educational, and industrial facilities in civilian areas.

Citing Article 51 of the UN Charter, Iran defends its retaliatory operations against the Israeli regime as lawful self-defense, limited to "military objectives within occupied territories."

The report categorically rejects Israel's use of the "preemptive self-defense" doctrine, calling it a fabricated legal excuse with no basis in international law.

Civilian casualties and attacks on civilian infrastructure

The exhaustive report details many specific attacks, including:

• The Shahid Chamran residential building in northern Tehran was targeted, where 60 civilians, including 20 children, were killed.
• Multiple airports—Mehrabad (Tehran), Hasheminejad (Mashhad), and Payam (Karaj)—were deliberately targeted.
• Hospitals and medical centers, including Hakim Children's Hospital in Tehran and Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah, were targeted, damaging intensive care units and ambulances.
• Media personnel were killed during an airstrike on Iran's state broadcaster, IRIB, during a live broadcast.
• Cultural sites, such as the Shahid Tondgooyan Monument, and essential utilities, including oil refineries, gas depots, and water pipelines, were struck, resulting in blackouts, floods, and environmental damage.

Among the dead were children, pregnant women, Red Crescent workers, and a two-month-old infant, Rayan Ghasemian, who died with 80 percent burns.

Over 3,000 civilians have been injured to date, with more than 500 requiring surgeries.

Assassinations of military commanders and scientists

The report denounces Israel for carrying out terrorist assassinations, listing prominent Iranian military commanders and scientists assassinated in the recent aggression.

• Major General Mohammad Bagheri (chief of staff of Iran's armed forces), Major General Hossein Salami (commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid (commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters), and Major General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (commander of the IRGC aerospace division).
• Top nuclear scientists, including Fereydoun Abbasi, Abdolhamid Minouchehr, Dr. Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, Dr. Seyed Amir Hossein Feqhi, Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, etc.
• Families of victims—including children, spouses, and elderly relatives—were also killed in these strikes.

Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and former top security official, survived with critical injuries.

Unlawful attacks on nuclear facilities

The regime deliberately targeted nuclear sites in Natanz, Arak, Qom, and Isfahan, despite all facilities being under UN nuclear agency safeguards and used for peaceful purposes.

These attacks, the report noted, violated:

• IAEA Statute
• NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)
• UN Security Council Resolution 487
• Geneva Conventions

The report warns of grave environmental risks due to damage to these facilities and calls Israel's actions an attack on international nuclear regulation and regional stability.

Cyberattacks and psychological warfare

In addition to military aggression, the Israeli regime also orchestrated cyberattacks on major Iranian banks (Sepah and Pasargad) and online exchanges like Nobitex, resulting in financial losses exceeding $60 million, the report notes.

On June 15, five car bombs exploded in Tehran, adding to "terror operations aimed at sowing fear among the civilian population," it adds.

Global complicity and violation of international norms

The report holds third-party states—chiefly the United States and European allies—legally accountable for supporting the Israeli regime in its aggression against Iran through:

• Weapons shipments (e.g., 300 Hellfire missiles from the US).
• Political endorsements (e.g., Trump calling the attacks "excellent").
• Military assistance (deployment of the USS Nimitz, air tankers, and fighter jets).

The report states that these acts violate the jus cogens norm against aggression and obligations under Articles 1 and 41 of the Articles on State Responsibility (ARSIWA).

Support from G7 leaders, Germany's Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's Emmanuel Macron, and others is cited as complicity in Israel's unprovoked and unlawful acts.

Demands to the UN and the world

The report urges the UN Secretary-General and UN Security Council to condemn the Israeli regime, hold it accountable, and take immediate measures to prevent the recurrence of such unprovoked and unlawful aggression against a sovereign country.

It calls on all UN member states to:

• Deny legitimacy to Israel's actions,
• Cease all forms of assistance to the aggressor,
• Cooperate to restore international peace and uphold humanitarian law.

And, it vows to continue its right to self-defense until international mechanisms.

"The international community is being put to the test. Failure to act will not only embolden further acts of aggression but also erode the very foundation of global order and the rule of law," it states.