Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Irani, described the statements Biden “Extremely disturbing and provocative,” in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Swiss Presidency of the UN Security Council.
The US President responded with “yes and yes” when a reporter asked him on Friday whether he was well informed about the manner and timing of the Israeli response to the missile strike launched by Iran on October 1.
On that day, Iran fired about two hundred missiles at Israelin response to the Israeli strikes on Lebanon that killed at the end of September the Iranian General in the Revolutionary Guard, Abbas Nilforoushan, and the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in addition to the killing of the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran months ago.
Israel, which is waging war against both Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in… LebanonIn response to the Iranian strike.
“This inflammatory statement (by Biden) raises deep concern, because it indicates the United States’ tacit approval and explicit support for unlawful Israeli military aggression against… Iran“.
He added: “Therefore, the United States will bear full responsibility for its role in inciting any aggressive actions by Israel against Iran,” considering that this would constitute “a flagrant violation of the basic principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Biden that he intends to strike Iranian military sites, not nuclear infrastructure or oil facilities.