Tehran: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has strongly condemned the US's gross violation of the ceasefire, emphasizing that the US administration bears responsibility for the highly dangerous consequences of this provocation.
According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Thursday, strongly condemned the crimes of the US terrorist regime in its extensive aggression against Iran overnight, stressing that the US administration is accountable for the very dangerous repercussions of this incendiary act.
The statement noted that the US's illegal and criminal attacks in recent hours not only constitute a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and the fundamental rules of international law concerning respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of states but have also effectively rendered the ceasefire of April 8 meaningless.
Furthermore, the statement added that the continued use of the territory and facilities of certain regional countries by the US terrorist army to prepare and carry out aggressive operations against Iran places those countries alongside the aggressor parties.
The Islamic Republic, while strongly reminding all regional countries of their legal and moral obligation to prevent the US terrorist army from using their territory, facilities, and resources to commit the crime of aggression against Iran, emphasized its determination to neutralize the origin and source of aggressive attacks against Iran in exercising its inherent right to legitimate defense against US military aggression and its accomplices.
Iran also highlighted the shared responsibility of all UN member states to explicitly oppose the gross violation of fundamental principles and objectives of the UN Charter by the United States and the Zionist regime.
There is no doubt that silence and inaction in the face of the US and the Zionist regime's law-breaking and bullying will drive the world further toward chaos and insecurity, the statement noted.
Iran reminded the UN Security Council and all its members of their legal duty to fulfill the Council's responsibility for international peace and security, and also stressed the legal and moral responsibility of the UN Secretary-General before the human conscience and international public opinion to explicitly state the existing facts.
Issuing vague and general statements at a time when there is no doubt whatsoever about the aggressive nature of the actions of the US and the Zionist regime cannot be considered a responsible act, and will only embolden the aggressor parties to continue violating the law and further breaching the fundamental principles and rules of the UN Charter and international law.