🔺 Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. strikes on southern Iran as “savage attacks” and a “flagrant violation” of the UN Charter, carried out under the “pretext” of a downed Apache helicopter. It said Iran’s armed forces had exercised their legitimate right to self-defense by striking the U.S. bases in the region from which it said the attacks originated. The ministry warned Gulf states against allowing their territory to be used for attacks on Iran and called on the UN Security Council to hold the U.S. accountable.
🔺 Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement on the U.S. attacks:
“In the early hours of Wednesday, June 10, 1405, under the pretext of the downing of one of its army’s Apache helicopters over the Strait of Hormuz, the American terrorist regime carried out savage attacks Monday night against several areas in the south of the country. These attacks are a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, particularly Article 2, Paragraph 4, and the fundamental principle prohibiting the use of force in international relations. With these aggressive actions, the ruling American establishment has once again demonstrated its criminal and warmongering nature.
In response to the U.S. military aggression against Iran and the blatant violation of our country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, exercising their legitimate right to self-defense, struck hard the American bases and assets in the region that were the source of these aggressions.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while strongly condemning the American crime of military aggression against Iran, once again reminds all countries of the region, particularly those located on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf, of their legal and ethical responsibility to prevent the U.S. terrorist army and the Zionist regime from using their territory and facilities to plan, organize, execute, and support aggressive actions against Iran. It warns that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate to exercise its inherent right to self-defense, including by targeting the source of attacks as well as the bases and logistical facilities used to carry out and support aggressive operations against Iran.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran also once again reminds the United Nations of its responsibility, particularly the Security Council and the Secretary-General, to safeguard international peace and security and to hold the aggressor parties accountable.”