TEHRAN – Iran has formally requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to address Israel’s recent terrorist acts in Lebanon, which include the explosion of thousands of communication devices and airstrikes on populated residential buildings to assassinate senior members of the Hezbollah Resistance movement. 

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the rotating President of the Security Council, Samuel Zbogar, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, expressed deep concern over recent Israeli terror acts in Lebanon. He specifically cited the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian General Abbas Nilforoushan, who were targeted in a Friday Israeli attack conducted by the latest U.S.-supplied weaponry. 

Iravani highlighted that Israel has been committing "war crimes and crimes against humanity" and warned that its actions are "pushing the entire region into an all-out catastrophe." 

“For a year now, Israel has been committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza with complete impunity, while the UN Security Council has remained paralyzed due to the United States’ obstruction of an effective decision by that body,” Iravani wrote. “This rogue regime is now extending its brutal aggressive war to Lebanon. There is no doubt that Israel has committed an act of aggression and a war crime, flagrantly violating the UN Charter, and international law, including international humanitarian law, and international human rights law. Israel must be held accountable and face the consequences of its atrocity crimes,” he added. 

The letter also pointed to previous attacks on Iranian diplomatic missions, including the bombing of Iran's diplomatic mission in Damascus, Syria in April 2024, as evidence of Israel's "notorious record of terrorist aggression."

“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly warns against any attack on its diplomatic premises and representatives in violation of the foundational principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and reiterates that it will not tolerate any repeat of such aggression. Iran will not hesitate to exercise its inherent rights under international law to take every measure in defense of its vital national and security interests,” he concluded.