At UN, Iran warns of 'decisive response' to Israel's military actions

Irans Foreign Minister Hossein AmirAbdollahian warned Israel against taking any military actions targeting Iranian interests He stated Iran has concluded its defense and counteroffensive measures and urged the international community to stop Israel from carrying out any military operations against IranDuring discussions on the Middle East situation at the UNSC AmirAbdollahian said Irans legitimate defense and countermeasures have been concluded Therefore the Israeli regime must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our centres assets and interests Certainly in case of any illegal use of force by the Israeli regime and violating our sovereignty the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate a bit to assert its inherent right to give a decisive and proper response to it to make the regime regret its actionsHe accused Israel of carrying out a missile attack on Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus on April 1 He said that Israels action was a clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations international law and the Vienna ConventionHe said The missile attack on the 1st of April on the Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus showed yet again that this regime does not hesitate to violate the fundamental principle of the immunity of such places and people as well as the known and well recognised Vienna Conventions As the majority of the members of the Security Council declared at the April 2 meeting here the attack was a clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations international law and the Vienna Convention and thus is strongly condemnedHe criticised the US UK and France for not issuing a statement over the attack on the Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus He even expressed regret that the UNSC did not take action on Irans repeated requests to prevent further attacks by Israel on Irans interests He accused the White House of giving a green signal to Israels actionHe said Regrettably the Security Council had not taken any action during the past months to our official and repeated requests to prevent further attacks by the Israeli regime on Irans interests centres and official military advisors who were there to fight terrorism and due to the unfortunate and completely irresponsible behaviour of the United States the UK and France in response to this illegal attack failed even to issue a mere statement containing a simple condemnationNo will remain silent in the face of such a brazen and serious military attack on its Embassy which is considered a symbol of its sovereignty as well as the killing of its legal official and diplomatic agents The Islamic Republic of Iran which until recently had shown considerable restraint against other terrorist missile attacks bearing in mind the dire situation in the region and willing to give the role of the United Nations a chance to prevent the escalation of the conflict was faced with the continuation of the White Houses green light granted to the Israeli regime as well as the continued inaction of the Security Council in preventing the attacks by the Israeli regime he addedJustifying Irans attack on Israel he said Irans military attack on April 13th was first and foremost necessary because Iran had no other option Secondly it was carried out in response to a series of attacks and recurring aggressions by the Israeli regime on Irans interests especially on our Embassy in SyriaThirdly it took place in the fulfilment of Irans right to legitimate defence under international law Fourthly it was conducted by observing the criterion of nonaggression to civilian people and places And fifthly it focused solely on the two military bases of the Israeli regime that had been used in the attack on our Embassy and therefore it was completely limited and proportionate in terms of scope and military requirements he addedOn Saturday Iran launched several drones and missiles towards Israel in retaliation for an alleged Israeli air strike on its consulate in Syria resulting in the killing of three top Iranian generals On Sunday morning Israel Defence Forces IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that about 99 per cent of the 300 or so projectiles fired by Iran at Israel overnight were intercepted by air defences as reported by The Times of IsraelThe Iranian threat met the aerial and technological superiority of the IDF combined with a strong fighting coalition which together intercepted the vast majority of the threats Hagari said On April 17 Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at a cabinet meeting that Israel will make its own decisions and do whatever is necessary to protect itself even if it contradicts the advice given by its allies as reported by The Times of IsraelNetanyahu made the statement at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday after meeting with the foreign ministers of the UK and Germany UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Israel on Wednesday In his remarks at the cabinet meeting Netanyahu said that the two leaders had all kinds of suggestions and advice He noted that while it was appreciated Israel would nevertheless make our own decisions and Israel will do everything necessary to defend itselfThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever