UN should recognize Israel, US ‘responsibility’ for war: Iran

Iran demanded that the United Nations recognize Israel and the United States as being to blame for their recent 12-day war, in a letter to the secretary-general published on Sunday.

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“We officially request hereby that the Security Council recognize the Israeli regime and the United States as the initiators of the act of aggression and acknowledge their subsequent responsibility, including the payment of compensation and reparations,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in the letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The United States joined Israel in its campaign during the war, carrying out strikes on three key facilities used for Iran’s atomic program.

US President Donald Trump, who last week announced that the conflict between Israel and Iran ended in a ceasefire, has threatened further strikes should Iran enrich uranium to levels capable of manufacturing nuclear weapons.

Israel said its aim was to keep the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon -- an ambition Tehran has consistently denied, insisting it has the right to develop nuclear power for civilian purposes like energy.

The fighting derailed nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, a staunch ally of Israel’s.

With AFP

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