Iran urges UN to condemn 'Israeli plans for unlawful attack'

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to urgently condemn leaked plans by “rogue” Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Araghchi’s remarks on Thursday came in response to a CNN exclusive report on Tuesday that Israel is preparing for a potential military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The report, citing multiple US officials familiar with the matter, said the US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that the occupying regime has been moving air munitions and conducting air exercises, signaling a heightened state of readiness.

The Iranian foreign minister said in a post on his X account that Tel Aviv’s threats against the Islamic Republic are not new, but the leaked plans are alarming.

“Threats from the rogue Israeli regime are nothing new. But the recent leak citing US officials as divulging Israeli plans for an unlawful attack on Iran and its nuclear facilities is alarming and warrants immediate and serious condemnation from the UN Security Council and the IAEA,” Araghchi said.

He added that he has already written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, urging them to immediately condemn these threats by the Israeli regime.

“In a letter to UNSG Guterres and IAEA DG Grossi, I have called on the international community to take effective preventive measures against the continuation of Israeli threats, which if unchecked, will compel Iran to take special measures in defense of our nuclear facilities and materials,” Araghchi warned.

The leaked plans come as the administration of US President Donald Trump seemingly pursues a diplomatic deal with Tehran. The two sides have already held four rounds of indirect negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program mediated by Oman, with a fifth round scheduled in Rome on Friday.

“My letter is a serious pre-action warning. The nature, content, and extent of our actions will correspond and be proportionate to preventive measures taken by these international bodies in accordance with their statutory duties and obligations,” Araghchi stressed.

Iran’s top diplomat also slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for trying to sabotage diplomacy and evade his ICC arrest warrant, warning that Iran will strongly respond to any aggression to protect its interests and people.

“Evidently, the Wanted War Criminal Netanyahu—desperate to dictate what the U.S. can and cannot do—spares no effort to derail diplomacy and divert attention from his ICC arrest warrant. The Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate to forcefully respond to any transgression and will stop at nothing to protect its interests and people,” Araghchi emphasized.

In retaliation for Israel’s April 1, 2024, bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which killed two Iranian generals, Iran launched Operation True Promise I, firing over 300 missiles and drones at Israeli military sites.

Operation True Promise II, launched on October 1, 2024, was Iran’s response to the Israeli assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC General Abbas Nilforoushan, and involved around 200 ballistic missiles targeting Israeli military sites.

Tehran has stressed that the operations were acts of self-defense.