WANA (Jul 17) – Iran warns of the collapse of the global legal and normative order following the mass resignation of the members of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

 

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has reacted to the mass resignation of members of the UN Commission of Inquiry investigating Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, blaming the move on political pressure and intimidation from the United States and the Israeli regime.

 

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Baghaei wrote:

 

“While the Special Rapporteur on Palestine is bullied & sanctioned by the U.S., and the UN Palestine inquiry members resign en masse, this means that the international institutions are no longer tolerated to even record the truth.

 

The mass resignation of the members of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, following the sanctioning of the Special Rapporteur on Palestine, should not be taken lightly; it is an alarming sign of the erosion of the global legal and normative order.

 

International institutions are giving up their legitimacy, effectiveness, authority, and ‘sense of mission’ to militant bullying & radical unilateralism.

 

Future generations would read that the world normative order collapsed not by war, but because of silence, indifference and double-standard in the face of grave injustices.”

Iranians attend a gathering in Support of Gaza in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)