WANA (Jun 28) – In a strongly worded letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the President of the UN Security Council, and the President of the General Assembly, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned recent statements by senior U.S. and Israeli officials threatening the life of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

Calling the remarks “criminal, illegal, irresponsible, and terroristic,” Iravani urged the UN to issue the strongest possible condemnation of the threats and to classify such statements as blatant violations of international law and the UN Charter.

 

In his letter, Iravani referred to recent comments made by the Israeli Minister of Defense on June 26, in which he openly threatened the Supreme Leader and revealed plans for his assassination.

 

These remarks, he noted, were echoed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who in separate statements on June 18 and again on June 27, referred to Iran’s Supreme Leader as an “easy target,” stating, “At least for now, we’re not taking him out,” and claimed he had personally stopped Israeli or U.S. military forces from assassinating the Iranian leader.

 

“These deliberate and reckless threats,” Iravani wrote, “constitute a serious violation of the UN Charter, particularly Article 2(4), which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” He added that the threats also violate well-established principles of international law, including the immunity of heads of state, and amount to incitement to state terrorism.

 

Iravani warned that the statements are not isolated incidents, but part of a “systematic and long-term campaign of state terrorism” by the Israeli regime, which he accused of launching an unprovoked military aggression against Iran on June 13, 2025, and of having a documented record of extraterritorial assassinations, including of Iranian officials, nuclear scientists, and civilians.

 

The ambassador reminded the UN that any attempt to normalize political assassination as a tool of foreign policy sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the international legal order. He called on the international community not to remain silent in the face of what he described as “escalating and flagrant violations of international law.”

 

Reiterating Iran’s inherent right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, Iravani made three formal requests to the UN:

 

That the threats made by senior officials of the U.S. and Israeli regimes be condemned in the strongest terms and classified as illegal, irresponsible, and terroristic.

 

That the legal obligations of all member states to refrain from inciting or supporting acts of terrorism or assassination against officials of other countries be reaffirmed.

 

That appropriate measures be taken to hold the perpetrators of these violations accountable under the UN Charter and relevant international instruments on counter-terrorism and state responsibility.

 

The letter requested that the communication and its annex be circulated as an official document of the Security Council and General Assembly under agenda items 84 (“Rule of Law at the National and International Levels”) and 110 (“Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism”).

 

Separately, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account: “The United States and the Israeli regime have publicly threatened the Supreme Leader of Iran with assassination. This criminal act is a blatant example of state terrorism. Even the normalization of such threats must not be allowed.”

 

The mission emphasized that these threats represent a gross violation of international law and called on the Secretary-General, the Security Council, and the General Assembly to fulfill their legal responsibilities in responding to these provocative and criminal remarks.