from PressTV
Iran says US President Donald Trump’s public “criminal confession” confirms Washington’s direct involvement in Israel’s aggression against the country in June, holding both fully responsible for the deaths of civilians, widespread destruction, and attacks on safeguarded nuclear sites.
In a new acknowledgement of the United States’ role in the 12-day war, Trump told reporters on Thursday, “Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that.”
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, wrote a letter to the UN Security Council on Friday, saying Trump’s statement provides “clear and irrefutable evidence” of US leadership, orchestration, and command responsibility in the attacks which killed many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
Iravani condemned the aggression as a “grave and flagrant violation” of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law, noting that it resulted in civilian casualties, destruction of infrastructure, and damage to Iran’s safeguarded nuclear facilities.
He further noted that the statement “clearly and unequivocally exposes the falsity of the earlier statement made by the United States Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] on 13 June 2025, in which he deceitfully claimed that ‘we are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region.’”
The Iranian envoy declared that both the US and Israel “bear full and joint responsibility for their aggression and for the resulting loss of innocent lives, the extensive destruction of civilian property and infrastructure, and the deliberate targeting of safeguarded and peaceful nuclear facilities.”...
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