Delivering a speech before the Security Council during a meeting on the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Ershadi categorically condemned the Israeli act of aggression, saying, “The Israeli regime has committed a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international laws, and the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic.”

She added that the Monday terrorist attack clearly breached the basic principle of diplomatic and consular immunity, as well as the 1961 Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the 1973 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents.

This crime and terrorist attack represents a clear insult to the accepted principle of the international community, that is, the immunity of representatives and diplomatic and consular places, she underlined.

It is now quite clear that the destabilizing, irresponsible, and ongoing crimes of the Israeli regime against the nations of the region are a real threat to regional and international peace and security, she said, adding that Israel has continuously ignored international laws, the United Nations Charter, humanitarian principles and human rights. “The agenda of the Zionist regime is clear: escalation and continuation of the conflict while avoiding accountability and accepting responsibility.”

“The occupying regime must accept full responsibility for the consequences of its crimes. The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its legitimate and inherent right based on international laws and the United Nations Charter to respond decisively to such reprehensible actions,” Ershadi stressed.

“The main goal of this regime is the illegal use of force to advance apartheid policies, ethnic cleansing, genocidal actions and military objectives in Gaza at any cost,” the Iranian envoy said elsewhere in her remarks.

She further emphasized that the United States is responsible for all the crimes of the Israeli regime.

The Israeli regime attacked Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday evening. The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire people inside it.

Seven of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors were martyred following the Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus on Monday, IRGC said in a statement.

Reacting to the Israeli aggression, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan’ani on Monday night said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, while reserving its rights to take countermeasures, decides on the type of reaction and punishment of the aggressor.

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