Sputnik and Reuters
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, August 15, 2024, p. 24
Tehran. Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, yesterday sent letters to senior commissioners of the organization, protesting Israel’s actions, including the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, in which he reiterated a request for a declaration of independence. terrorist to the Israeli government.
Bahrain sent letters to Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Morris Tidball-Binz, the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, and Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran’s official Fars news agency reported.
He referred to article 2.1 of the UN international convention, as an argument, to declare terrorist to the Israeli regime.
Later, Iran’s UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told the Security Council that Tehran, in accordance with international law, reserves the right to self-defense and will react to Haniyeh’s assassination when it deems appropriate.
The diplomat added that this assassination would not have been committed if Israel did not have the support of US intelligence agencies. The Iranian mission to the UN urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on Tel Aviv for its acts of aggression.
Meanwhile, Amos Hochstein, the US envoy to the Middle East, said that a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah could be avoided, but that this situation is conditional on the peace agreement in Gaza, which should move forward without further delay.
Iran-backed Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel shortly after the Gaza conflict began on October 7.
Israeli fire, initially confined to the Lebanese border area, is now targeting senior Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, arrived in Beirut to deter an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel after the latter assassinated Fuad Shukrun, a senior commander of the group, last month.
We continue to believe that a diplomatic solution can be reached because no one really wants a full-scale war between Lebanon and Israel.Hochstein said after talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a close ally of Hezbollah.