Iran has warned the UN Security Council over explicit US threats against Tehran, while a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution described President Donald Trump as \u201cfearful of defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing an open debate of the UN Security Council on Monday, Iran\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani said Washington\u2019s conduct has gone beyond Iran alone, saying that the United States continuously threatens sovereign countries with attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He described threats issued against Tehran as explicit and ongoing, noting how US President Donald Trump has \u201copenly and repeatedly threatened Iran with the use of force and military intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The envoy urged action at the international level, stressing that the UN Security Council had to explicitly point out to and condemn these violations that have been committed by the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Charter of the United Nations is \u201cunder deliberate assault,\u201d which is \u201cdriven by those who believe power confers exemption from law and that peace should be established through strength and power,\u201d added the ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Charter of the United Nations was never meant to be optional. It is not a menu from which powerful States may choose what suits them and discard what constrains them,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iravani went on to name examples of \u201csustained pattern of unlawful actions\u201d by Washington that undermine the Charter, including defying ICJ rulings, imposing blockade on Venezuela and kidnapping its president, \u201cissuing persistent threats, the use of force and military attack against other sovereign states\u201d and \u201cthreatening occupation or control of foreign territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese illegal unilateral actions erode the international rule of law, undermine multilateralism, and gravely endanger international peace and security,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further noted that the US president had \u201cexplicitly incited unrest within my country, called for the takeover of institutions, and promoted violence under the guise of political pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pointing to the \u201cgrave\u201d human cost of these \u201cunlawful policies,\u201d the diplomat said that \u201cthe United States bears full legal and moral responsibility for the foreseeable consequences of its actions, including civilian deaths, injuries, and the destruction of public and private property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The remarks have followed a pattern of repeated menacing comments made by the US president concerning Iran, in which he first threatened the Islamic Republic with fresh military aggression in the wake of foreign-backed riots inside Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign-backed riotous elements hijacked peaceful protests over economic grievances in early January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The elements were confirmed by Iranian intelligence to be in receipt of American and Israeli intelligence, arms, and logistical support, prompting Iranian forces to promptly round up ringleaders and confiscate firearms, including weapons bound for the capital Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian officials have pledged to address the nation\u2019s economic problems, but vowed, at the same time, to stand firmly in the face of efforts at diverting related protests towards chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following his initial threats, however, Trump did not stop short of issuing more menacing rhetoric targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has publicly bragged about ordering a significant American military buildup in the West Asia region, a move that has faced uniformly decisive warnings by Iranian authorities about the consequences of any new aggression against Iranian soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leader\u2019s advisor: Trump fearful of defeat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most recently, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, issued a statement addressed to the Leader, in which he commented on Trump\u2019s behavior, and described the US president as \u201cgreedy for power, money, and material gain,\u201d but, at the same time, \u201ccautious and cowardly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf he sees that a move he has started might lead to defeat, he quickly raises his hands and surrenders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an example, Velayati referred to the United States\u2019 backing down from its incessant strikes against Yemen last year and requesting a ceasefire in the face of the Arab Peninsula nation\u2019s Ansarullah resistance movement. The advisor described Ansarullah as \u201cself-sacrificing Muslims,\u201d who had risen up in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and struck American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman among numerous other targets in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Velayati praised the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini, for his approach in confronting arrogant powers and credited Ayatollah Khamenei with continuing the same path with \u201cprecision and firmness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official hailed the Leader for serving, \u201cin practice, as the founder of the [regional] Resistance Front against the Zionist regime and its arrogant backers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concluding his statement, Velayati expressed certainty that under the \u201ccorrect, rational, and powerful\u201d leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Islamic Republic would successfully sail through the current turbulent global environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IMAGE CREDIT: Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani speaks during a meeting of the Council on Syria at UN headquarters in New York City, December 3, 2024. (Photo by Reuters)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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