Iran Appeals To The UN To Intervene Over 'Israeli Military Treats'

Iran calls on the UN to intervene over ‘Israeli military action threats’

CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

Iran is a clear, escalating threat to Israel, to the region, and globally. The Iran threat has been heightened by Trump leaving office and being replaced by Biden, a man the Iranian mullahs clearly deem to be a pushover.

Israel has made it clear that it will defend itself. Now (in a manner similar to the Palestinian jihad, which threatens Israel continuously) Iran is playing the victim and it has gone to the UN to ask it to intervene.

In his letter to the UN’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Majid Takht-Ravanchi sounds more like he is describing Iran than Israel, given Iran’s extensive recent boasting about how it has built up its military might. Iran even admitted that it violated the nuclear deal. Takht-Ravanchi, however, knows that despite truth, history and the jihadist mission to obliterate Israel, the UN will likely be sympathetic to his complaint. The UN has, after all, historically demonized Israel via endless unjustifiable resolutions which endeavor to delegitimize the Jewish state and further threaten its existence.

“Iran calls for UN response over Israeli military action threat,” by Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, February 7, 2021:

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s representative to the United Nations has protested recent Israeli military action threats against the country, calling on the intergovernmental organisation to interfere.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Israel has not only increased “provocative and warmongering rhetoric” against Iran, but is also actively making plans to act on its threats.

The latest example, he said, came in late January when top Israeli general Aviv Kochavi said Israel’s military is preparing “a number of operational plans, in addition to those already in place” in reaction to Iran boosting its nuclear programme in recent months.

Iran’s UN representative said the threat violates article two of the UN charter and requires a “proportionate response by the global community” due to Israel’s history of attacking other nations in the region.

“We reserve the intrinsic right to defend ourselves and decisively respond against any threat or wrongful act by the Israeli regime,” Takht-Ravanchi wrote.

Among other things, article two of the UN charter states that members must “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state”.

Takht-Ravanchi said Israel must take responsibility for its hostile actions and the UN must counter the country’s “destabilising and warmongering policies” as the entity in charge of securing international peace.

The representative also called for his letter to be registered as a formal document in the UN Security Council.