WANA (May 23) – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has categorically rejected U.S. allegations linking Tehran to a drone attack on the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates.

 

In a formal letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Fu Cong, the President of the UN Security Council, Iravani firmly responded to statements made by the U.S. representative during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

 

Iran Cites Past Attacks on Its Own Facilities

The Iranian envoy stated that Iran itself has been a prime target of external aggression against its nuclear infrastructure, emphasizing that any strikes on peaceful facilities carry severe global consequences.

 

“Iran has itself been the victim of attacks and aggressions by the United States and the Zionist regime against peaceful nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” Iravani wrote.

 

He added that any attack or threat against peaceful nuclear facilities constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter, and IAEA statutes, warning of catastrophic humanitarian, environmental, and radiological fallout.

 

Criticism of U.S. and Israeli Actions

Highlighting what he described as a clear contradiction in the U.S. stance, Iravani noted that the United States—as the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons—alongside Israel, had targeted Iran’s peaceful nuclear sites in Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan, and Bushehr during two military campaigns in June 2025 and February 2026. He categorized those actions as gross violations of international humanitarian law and UN resolutions.

 

The ambassador identified the destructive activities and repeated aggressions of the U.S. and Israel as the primary source of regional instability, asserting that the current geopolitical situation is a direct result of those illegal conflicts against Iran.

 

Commitment to Non-Proliferation

Addressing Iran’s domestic atomic program, Iravani contrasted Tehran’s stance with those of its adversaries, pointing out that Israel remains outside the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

 

Treaty Compliance: Iran remains committed to the NPT and has rejected decades of baseless accusations against its peaceful nuclear program.

 

Monitoring: The country has historically accepted some of the IAEA’s most stringent verification and inspection regimes.

 

Diplomatic Trust: The letter pointed to the unilateral U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, the imposition of sanctions, and military actions during active negotiations as proof that Washington’s diplomatic commitments remain unreliable.

 

Demand for Accountability

The Iranian representative concluded by stating that the United States and Israel must accept full responsibility for damages inflicted upon Iranian civilians, civilian infrastructure, and peaceful nuclear facilities, calling for the perpetrators of these actions to be held accountable.

 

Furthermore, Iravani urged the UN Security Council to reject politically motivated and misleading narratives that divert international attention away from the true root causes of instability in the region.