7 hours agoIran pledges action if Trump applies to its threats
Periskopi(3 months ago)
(3 months ago)Iran's UN emissary, Amir-Saeid Irrani, has said his country will not sit back if US President Donald Trump applies threats to what the Iranian official called “war crimes”. Irrani said the threats Trump made earlier Tuesday that “an entire civilization will die”, [...]
Irrani said the threats Trump made earlier Tuesday that “an entire civilization will die”, if Iran doesn't make a deal, “are promoting war crimes and potentially genocide”, reports the news agency. “.
During a meeting of the UN Security Council for Hormuz Strait, Iravani urged the international community to criticise Trump's rhetoric before it is too late.
“Iran won't stand back in the face of such serious war crimes. He will exercise, without hesitation, his inherited right to self-defence and will take immediate and proportional measures” he added.
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a resolution submitted by Bahrain for maritime transport safety in the Strait of Hormuz.
