WANA (Apr 07) – Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, said in a letter to the UN Secretary-General that recent remarks by the U.S. president amount to “direct incitement to terrorism.”

 

In the letter, sent Monday local time to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the Security Council, Iravani said the U.S. president’s “warmongering remarks” constituted a direct threat to the lives of civilians and to critical infrastructure in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

He added that such statements “constitute direct incitement to terrorism” and are “clear evidence of intent to commit war crimes under international law.”

 

Iravani stressed that the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian objects — including the destruction of infrastructure essential to the survival of the civilian population, such as power plants, energy facilities, and other critical civilian infrastructure — amounts to a war crime and reflects “an overt act of state terrorism aimed at spreading terror and inflicting severe harm on civilians.”

 

He further wrote that “even terrorist groups such as ISIS would be ashamed to make such reckless and horrifying statements.”

 

According to the letter, the warning was prompted by a social media post dated April 5, 2026, in which the U.S. president allegedly threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran, writing:

 

“Tuesday (April 7) will be power plant day and bridge day; all of them will be targeted in one day so that nothing by those names will remain!!!”

 

Iravani said the threatened destruction of power plants and bridges would constitute a grave violation of international humanitarian law and would inevitably result in severe civilian harm and catastrophic humanitarian consequences.

 

In the letter, Iran once again called on the UN Secretary-General, the Security Council, and all UN member states to fulfill what it described as their legal and moral obligations by taking two immediate steps:

 

  • Firmly condemn  the dangerous threats made by the U.S. president, which, if carried out, would amount to war crimes, state terrorism, grave breaches of international humanitarian law, and a clear violation of all relevant Security Council resolutions concerning the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure in armed conflict;
  • Take urgent, decisive, and concrete action to halt the ongoing criminal and brutal acts of the United States and Israel, and ensure that all responsible individuals — including the U.S. president and the Israeli prime minister — are held fully accountable under international law for deliberately pursuing policies that directly lead to war crimes and acts of state terrorism against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Iran.

 

Iravani also warned that silence or inaction in the face of such alleged violations would seriously undermine the integrity of international law, weaken the foundations of the UN Charter, normalize war crimes and humanitarian catastrophes, and embolden aggressors, with consequences extending beyond the region.

 

He concluded by requesting that the letter be circulated as an official document of the UN Security Council.