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Iran tells UN strikes on Israel are self-defense
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Posted on June 16, 2025
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Iran's UN Ambassador claims strikes on Israel are self-defense, citing UN Charter Article 51, and warns against third-party cooperation.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran's strikes on Israel are self-defense and are "proportionate defensive operations directed exclusively at military objectives and associated infrastructure," Iran's U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told the U.N. Nations Security Council on Monday.
He wrote in a letter that any cooperation by third countries with Israel's strikes on Iran "makes them complicit in the legal responsibility and consequences of this crisis."
Under Article 51 of the founding United Nations Charter, the 15-member Security Council must immediately be informed of any action that states take in self-defense against armed attack.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing by Bhargav Acharya)
Iran claims that its strikes on Israel are acts of self-defense and are proportionate operations aimed at military targets.
Iran cites Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which requires the Security Council to be informed of any self-defense actions taken by states.
Iran warns that any cooperation by third countries with Israel's strikes on Iran makes them complicit in the legal responsibilities and consequences of the crisis.
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