WANA (Apr 06) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has issued a stern legal and political warning in response to recent threats made by the U.S. President. In a post on X, the senior diplomat outlined the international legal ramifications of targeting Iranian territory and infrastructure.

 

Gharibabadi emphasized that any use of force against Iran’s territorial integrity constitutes a flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and qualifies as an act of aggression under UN General Assembly Resolution 3314.

 

Legal Violations and War Crimes

The Deputy Foreign Minister specifically addressed threats directed at Iran’s civilian infrastructure, stating that targeting power plants and bridges is classified as a war crime under Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Article 52 of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I.

 

“As the highest official of his country, the U.S. President has publicly threatened to commit war crimes—an act that triggers his individual criminal responsibility in the ICC and any competent national court,” Gharibabadi wrote.

 

Right to Self-Defense

Citing Article 51 of the UN Charter, the Iranian official asserted that the Islamic Republic will deliver a “decisive, immediate, and regrettable response” to any aggression or imminent threat.

 

Gharibabadi concluded with a stark warning, advising the U.S. President to cease these threats—the effects of which would not be limited to Iran—before his name is “recorded in history as a supreme war criminal.”