Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister has said the UN Security Council must “move beyond the stage of expressing concern” and “adopt punitive and binding decisions” against Israel.
Kazem Gharibabadi said the current war in the Middle East is “the product of the crimes and impunity of the Zionist regime, which violates the sovereignty of governments, renders ceasefires meaningless, and desecrates the sanctities of the Palestinians”.
“International law is not upheld through low-cost and ineffective condemnations,” he added.
“In this regard, the US president’s claim of having dissuaded Netanyahu from launching a major attack on Beirut is more than a sign of Washington’s peace-seeking, it’s confirmation of America’s direct role in managing the Zionist regime’s aggressions,” he added in a post on X.
“If the decision to attack the capital of an independent state can be changed with a single phone call the main question is: why did months of ceasefire violations, aggression against Lebanon, the displacement of its people, and threats to this country’s sovereignty – backed by Western political and military support – continue unabated?”