New York [US], March 27 (ANI): Iran has officially notified the United Nations about media reports alleging that the United States and Israel planned to assassinate senior Iranian officials, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Press TV reported.
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, conveyed serious concern in a letter on Thursday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council. Iravani said the reports indicate that US and Israeli authorities had identified and designated high-ranking Iranian officials, including Ghalibaf and Araghchi, as assassination targets and suggested any suspension of those plans was temporary.
The ambassador warned that the reports point to an operational framework aimed at killing Iran’s top political figures and called the alleged policy a clear breach of peremptory norms of international law. He added that the conditional nature of any reported “suspension” means the threat remains real, deliberate and ongoing.
Iravani described assassination plans against the officials of a sovereign UN member state as a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international human rights law, saying such attacks would undermine peaceful international relations. He condemned any attempt to normalize targeting high-ranking government officials, calling it state terrorism that sets a dangerous precedent and threatens international peace and security.
In separate letters, Iravani also lodged protests with the UN against Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates for permitting their territory and airspace to be used by the US and Israel for attacks on Iranian soil. He asserted that states that make their territory available for acts of aggression bear international responsibility and urged those countries to prevent further use of their territory against Iran.
While respecting the sovereignty of those states, Iravani stressed Tehran reserves the right to take all necessary measures, including exercising its inherent right of self-defence, to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.
The notifications come amid an escalating US-Israel–Iran conflict now in its fourth week. Earlier, US President Donald Trump indicated a pause in operations against Iran after Tehran reportedly sought a seven-day pause on American strikes targeting its energy infrastructure; Trump extended the pause to 10 days, to April 6, though strikes by combined US-Israel forces have continued.
Separately, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced the launch of the 83rd wave of Operation True Promise 4 on Friday, saying it targeted key American and Israeli military installations in the region with advanced missiles and drones. (ANI)
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