U.S. Move to Convene UN Security Council Meeting Is an Attempt to Deflect Responsibility
WANA (Jan 16) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the direct role of the Israeli regime in arming and organizing armed terrorists, as well as U.S. support for them, is evident during a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Speaking on Thursday evening, January 15, Araghchi described what he called “heinous crimes” committed against Iranian law enforcement forces and civilians, including the killing of women and children, burning people alive, attacks on hospitals and medical centres, the torching of numerous ambulances and fire trucks, and the destruction of mosques and cultural centres. He said these acts mirrored ISIS-style terrorism and called on the United Nations to explicitly condemn them.
Araghchi further stated that the U.S. move to convene a UN Security Council meeting under the pretext of addressing Iran’s internal developments was an attempt to deflect responsibility.
The Iranian foreign minister stressed that the United States, which he said bears responsibility for the killing of thousands of Iranian citizens through the imposition of what he described as unjust sanctions and complicity with the Israeli regime in military aggression against Iran, cannot conceal its actions by holding a Security Council session. He added that during the recent unrest, U.S. support had also contributed to the killing of hundreds of Iranians by armed terrorist groups.
Araghchi also said that parties with a long record of systematic human rights violations and complicity with the Israeli regime in what he described as the genocide of Palestinians lack any credibility to claim concern for the Iranian people.
In the same phone call, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised the importance of all governments respecting fundamental human rights, rejected any form of interference in the internal affairs of other countries—including military intervention—and emphasized the need to uphold the principles of the UN Charter, particularly the prohibition of the use or threat of force.
