to report «iusnews»; Speaking at a session of the UN Security Council (UNSC) late on Friday under the agenda of “The Situation in the Middle East”, Gholamhossein Darzi emphasized that if Washington is truly committed to a diplomatic solution, it must immediately and unconditionally end its aggression.
Stating that Iran has never closed the doors to diplomacy, he stated, “Over the past two years, Iran has repeatedly engaged in negotiations in good faith. The United States, however, has consistently chosen aggression and threats over diplomacy, an approach that continues to this day.”
The senior Iranian diplomat stated, “These repeated experiences have fostered deep mistrust and raised serious doubts regarding the prospect of resuming negotiations, absent credible guarantees to prevent the recurrence of such unlawful actions. The path forward is clear. If Washington is genuinely committed to a diplomatic solution, it must immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression, provide credible guarantees of non-repetition, respect Iran’s sovereign rights, lift the naval blockade and all other unilateral, unlawful coercive measures, and demonstrate its true commitment to diplomacy through concrete action.”
Let me be clear and explicit: any resumption of an aggressive war by the United States and the Israeli regime will be met with an immediate and decisive response, without the slightest hesitation—a response that will target the source of the aggression, wherever it may be. As in the past, Iran will exercise its inherent right to legitimate self-defense in accordance with international law, he underlined.
Addressing the UN Security Council, Darzi stated that Iran will continue to take all necessary and appropriate measures to defend its people, security, vital interests, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, to maintain a credible and enduring deterrence, and to ensure that no further acts of aggression are repeated.
The UN Security Council must direct its demands toward the aggressor, not the victim. It must call upon the United States to cease all its unlawful actions and threats, to abide by its obligations under the UN Charter, and to fully respect international law, Darzi stressed.
Iran told the UN Security Council to stop reversing roles of 'aggressor and victim'.
"The US is the aggressor, not the victim," Darzi declared, condemning the assassination of Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, senior officials, and nuclear scientists.
He emphasized that the Council must direct its demands at the aggressor, not the victim, and called on the US to cease all illegal threats and comply fully with the UN Charter.
Detailing the devastating civilian toll of the US-Israeli bombing campaigns, the Iranian envoy noted that over 5,000 innocent Iranians have been killed, including 254 children and 251 women.
He specifically highlighted egregious war crimes committed by US forces, including a Tomahawk missile strike on a school in Minab that martyred 168 children, and an attack on a stadium in Lamerd that killed at least 21 civilians.
Darzi also condemned US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for declaring "no quarter, no mercy"—a blatant violation of international humanitarian law—and cited President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to destroy Iran's civilian bridges and power plants.
The ambassador emphasized that the insecurity surrounding the Strait of Hormuz is a direct consequence of these American crimes.
"The US cannot bomb Iran, violate its sovereignty, target civilian infrastructure, impose a military and naval blockade, and deploy illegal coercive schemes like 'Operation Economic Outcast' and 'Task Force Iron Gate' to collectively punish 90 million people, and then expect the Strait of Hormuz to return to normal as if nothing happened," he stated.
While affirming that Iran has never closed the door to diplomacy and has entered negotiations in good faith over the past two years, Darzi noted that Washington has consistently chosen aggression over dialogue, creating deep mistrust.
"If Washington is truly committed to a diplomatic solution, it must immediately and unconditionally end its aggression, provide credible guarantees of non-repetition, respect Iran’s sovereign rights, lift the naval blockade and all other unlawful unilateral coercive measures, and demonstrate its real commitment to diplomacy in practice," he said.
Issuing a warning to the Council, Darzi reemphasized, "Let me be explicit and clear: Any renewal of the aggressive war by the US and the Israeli regime will be met with an immediate, decisive, and unwavering response; a response that will target the source of the aggression, wherever it may be."
