WANA (Jun 17) – In response to a statement by G7 leaders, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, urged the group to move beyond one-sided rhetoric and condemn the aggressor.

 

Baghaei wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “G7 Leaders’ statement has revealingly disregarded Israel’s blatant aggression against Iran, and the unlawful attacks on our peaceful nuclear infrastructure as well as indiscriminate targeting of residential areas and killing of our citizens.

 

Member States of G7, in particular the three permanent members of the United_Nations Security Council (UNSC), must shoulder their legal and moral responsibility towards an egregious act of aggression against a UN member.

 

They have to call a spade a spade. Israel’s war of aggression on Iran is a detrimental blow to the UN  Charter and Charter-based international law. It is also an unprecedented attack on the tenets of the non-proliferation regime and the legal protection it is supposed to grant to non-nuclear states against any such attacks.

 

Israel has launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran and attacked Iran’s nuclear sites in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and in defiance of the prohibition of use/threat of force against peaceful nuclear facilities.

 

Hundreds of innocent people have been killed, our public and state facilities and people’s homes are brutally demolished, and hospitals & health centres are targeted.

 

Iran is defending itself against a cruel aggression. Does Iran really have any other choice?

 

The UNSC and its Member States must not defeat the very purpose of the United Nations. The UNSC members should, shall and must ACT NOW in furtherance of the Council’s primary responsibility and stop the aggressor from committing more atrocities.

 

The path to regional stability requires an immediate end to Israel’s aggression and accountability for its violations of international law.

 

The G7 must abandon its one-sided rhetoric and address the real source of escalation: Israel’s AGGRESSION.”

Army air defence firing is seen following the Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)