Iran has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's threat to use force against the country, as deeply alarming and irresponsible, Press TV reported.
Iran's permanent ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani made the remarks in a letter to the UN chief and the president of the Security Council on Tuesday.
He said Trump’s reckless and inflammatory statements flagrantly violate international law and the UN Charter.
“Upon the instructions from my Government, I am writing to draw the Security Council’s attention to deeply alarming and irresponsible remarks made by the President of the United States, in which he openly threatened the use of force against Iran,” Iravani said.
Donald Trump said he would prefer to make a deal with Iran rather than “bombing the hell out of it,” in a media interview published on Saturday.
In yet another belligerent statement, during an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump reiterated the same language of war. “I would like to make a deal without bombing them.”
Amir Saeid Iravani said Trump’s “reckless and inflammatory statements flagrantly violate international law and the UN Charter, particularly Article 2(4), which prohibits threats or use of force against sovereign states.”
The Iranian diplomat also slammed Trump's so-called maximum pressure” policy against Iran as a blatant violation of fundamental principles and norms of international law.
He called on the Security Council not to remain silent in the face of such brazen rhetoric and condemned it unequivocally.
Iravani warned that any act of aggression against Iran will have severe consequences, for which the US will bear full responsibility.
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