Iran underlined this Saturday its “legitimate” and “obligatory” right to defend itself behind him attack this morning by Israel against military targets in the country which caused the death of at least two soldiers.
“As the competent authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have stressed many times, based on the inherent right of self-defense, which is also reflected in the Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations“We consider the defense against foreign acts of aggression to be legitimate and obligatory,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
Iranian diplomacy emphasized that it will use “all the material and spiritual capabilities of the Iranian nation to defend its security and vital interests.”
At the same time he considered the “aggressive action of the Zionist regime” as a clear violation of international law and United Nations Charter“especially the principle of prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of countries.”
In addition, he accused Israel of being the “main cause of tension and insecurity in the region” and pointed to USA and other Western countries for their “broad military and political support” for the Jewish State.
He also called on UN member countries to stop “genocide, war andaggression against Gaza and Lebanon and stop the warmongering of the Zionist regime.
The Israeli Army announced this Saturday “precise attacks against military objectives” in the country in retaliation, he indicated, “for the months of continuous attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israel.”
In it attack on military bases in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran killed two soldiersalthough military and civilian authorities reiterated that the bombings caused “limited damage.”
Iran attacked Israel on October 1 with about 180 missiles in response to the murder of leader of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, in Beirut, and leader of the Palestinian Hamas militia, Ismael Haniyehin Tehran in July, both factions backed by Tehran.
This was Iran’s second attack against Israel, after the Last April it attacked Israeli territory for the first time in another series of bombings with missiles and drones.
Arab countries call for moderation
The pArab countries in the Middle East demanded this Saturday that Israel respect the sovereignty of Iran after the attacks against their territory, while calling for “maximum restraint” in the face of the risk of the conflict spreading throughout the region.
The first country to warn of the consequences of the attack was Saudi Arabialocated in the middle of Iran and Israel, and which in the last year has expressed concern about a possible cycle of endless exchange of blows.
He Jordanian Foreign Ministry He also expressed the kingdom’s “absolute rejection” of the attack and this “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East marked by “violations of international law” by Israel.
In the same line, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman He also recalled that these attacks “undermine efforts aimed at calming, reducing tension and containing crises through peaceful and diplomatic means,” according to a statement.
To the conviction of these countries has been added that of United Arab Emirates and Egyptand that of the Iran’s main allies in the Middle East, Syria and Yemen’s Houthi rebelswho have expressed their total solidarity with the Islamic Republic and condemned Israel’s “disregard” for international laws and its “insistence” in maintaining a “genocidal war” in both Gaza and Lebanon.
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