Tehran: The head of the Judiciary’s Legal Center for Attorneys, Official Experts and Family Counselors has announced that Iran will employ all available domestic and international resources to address the recent Israeli actions. The announcement came as a response to what has been described as Israeli aggression against Iran.
According to Islamic Republic News Agency, Hassan Abdoliyanpour, in an exclusive interview on Sunday, emphasized the importance of documenting what he termed as war crimes committed by the Israeli regime. The center aims to collaborate with other Iranian institutions to accomplish this task. Abdoliyanpour referred to the acts of the Israeli regime during the 12-day conflict as aggression and cited Article 1 of U.N. General Assembly Resolution 3314 to support his claims. This article defines aggression as the use of armed force by one state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of another state, in a manner inconsistent with the U.N. Charter.
Abdoliyanpour further stated that, according to international law, the Islamic Republic of Iran has the right to defend itself and respond to such aggression. He affirmed that Iran had exercised this right and would continue to do so if similar actions were to occur in the future. He also stressed the necessity for any documentation of the war crimes committed by the Israeli regime and the U.S. government during the 12-day conflict to be validated by official judicial experts.
Abdoliyanpour revealed that a letter had been sent to the Judiciary chief, expressing the center’s readiness to assist in the documentation process for submission to both domestic and international legal forums.
On June 13, Israel initiated an unprovoked attack on Iran, which included the assassination of military commanders and nuclear scientists, as well as air raids on residential areas resulting in civilian casualties. The conflict ceased after the Tel Aviv regime requested a ceasefire in response to Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes.