📌 New York, IRNA — Iran’s Ambassador and Chargé d’Affaires to the United Nations in New York, Gholamhossein Darzi, says Israel’s continued aggression and destabilizing activities across West Asia pose a grave threat to regional and international peace and security.
The Iranian envoy made the remarks on Friday during the UN Security Council’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East. The debate began on Thursday and resumed the following day.
Darzi urged the Security Council to act decisively to compel the regime to fully comply with its obligations under international law.
He cited Israel’s acts of aggression in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as the two wars it launched against Iran alongside the United States over the past year.
“The Security Council must act decisively to address the root causes of this tragedy, end impunity, compel Israel to fully comply with its obligations under international law and relevant UN resolutions, and bring an end to the decades-long injustice inflicted upon the Palestinian people,” he said.
The following is the full text of the Iranian ambassador’s speech at the Security Council debate:
During this debate, an overwhelming majority of speakers recognized a fundamental reality:
Israel’s continued aggression, occupation, and destabilizing activities across the region pose a grave threat to regional and international peace and security.
The Israeli regime has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no respect for international law and the principles of the UN Charter.
The situation in Palestine remains dire.
Despite the announced ceasefire, the Israeli genocidal regime continues its aggression and violations with impunity, while Gaza remains devastated and subjected to continued military attacks, and the Palestinian people endure immense suffering.
At the same time, in the Occupied West Bank, this occupying regime continues to expand its illegal settlements, intensify settler violence and terrorism, and pursue unlawful measures aimed at annexation and the dispossession of Palestinians of their land.
In this context, I would like to emphasize the following points:
First. An immediate and permanent end to Israeli aggression and the establishment of a permanent ceasefire must be ensured, accompanied by the complete and unconditional withdrawal of all Israeli occupying forces from Gaza; the guarantee of the immediate, safe, and unhindered delivery of sustained humanitarian assistance; and the full protection of civilians and humanitarian personnel.
Second. No arrangement in Gaza is legitimate if it subordinates Palestinians’ rights to externally imposed security conditions. Any arrangement or framework must fully respect Palestinian inherent rights, independence, and self-determination.
The Palestinian people must be enabled to exercise their legitimate right to self-determination and establish an independent, sovereign, and viable State of Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital and accorded full membership in the United Nations. There is no sustainable solution while occupation, settlement expansion, forced displacement, and violations of Palestinian rights continue.
Third. The Israeli regime must end its aggression and violations across the region. Israel must stop its daily violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, fully withdraw from Lebanese territory, and comply with Security Council Resolution 1701.
Likewise, Israel must end its incursions and military aggression on Syrian territory, withdraw . . .
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