Iranian Speaker: Lack of Accountability Emboldening Israel to Commit Further Crimes
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that the international community's failure to hold the Zionist regime accountable has emboldened Israel to intensify its crimes in West Asia.
Qalibaf made the remarks at the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in collaboration with the United Nations, in Geneva on Wednesday.Referring to Israel’s onslaught against Iran in June, which martyred more than 1,000, including civilians, Qalibaf said, “In these attacks, our peaceful nuclear facilities, which were regularly monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), were targeted.”He noted that the IAEA “even refused to condemn this illegal action, thereby legitimizing the attack and putting an end to the non-proliferation policies".The speaker added that the aggression took place while “Iran was present at the negotiating table and committed to dialogue”, emphasizing that Tehran delivered a “devastating” response to Israel, forcing the Zionist regime to request a ceasefire.
“The Zionist regime’s aggressive act, which was a deliberate violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, was condemned by 120 countries around the world,” Qalibaf continued.However, Israel’s “few but more powerful” supporters “prevented the international bodies from taking decisive action to punish the criminal Israel".Qalibaf emphasized that the institutions that should safeguard peace have remained silent in the face of assault and occupation, and structures that should be impartial and independent “have often become tools for the political exploitation of specific powers".
The Israeli regime unleashed its war against Iran on June 13, with American backing, assassinating several top-ranking military commanders, scientists, and martyring hundreds of civilians, including women and children.On the same day, the Iranian Armed Forces launched an unprecedented retaliatory military campaign against the occupied territories.More than 1,000 people were martyred and over 5,600 injured in the Israeli regime’s attacks.The US joined the Israeli regime in the aggression on June 22 and bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities. Contrary to Trump’s claims, a leaked preliminary assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) found that the American military raids on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months.A day later, Iran carried out a wave of missiles at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest American military base in West Asia—in retaliation for the assault.As Tehran pounded Israel and its military and industrial infrastructure, the Tel Aviv regime was forced to unilaterally cease its onslaught against Iran on June 24. Following the unilateral move, Iran too, halted its retaliatory campaign after carrying out 22 waves of successful attacks against the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) cautioned the US and the Zionist regime that any recurrence of onslaught will draw a response much harsher than the retaliatory military operations Tehran launched against the American Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar as well as the occupied territories.
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