Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the US has begun a “dangerous war against Iran” by striking its nuclear facilities on Sunday, according to a statement shared by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“The world must not forget that it was the United States that, in the midst of a diplomatic process, betrayed diplomacy,” the ministry statement said. Describing Israel as “genocidal and lawless,” the statement accused the US of launching “a dangerous war against Iran.”
It said the attacks were a violation of the UN charter and international law, and that the US government “bears full responsibility for the grave consequences and dire repercussions of this heinous crime.”
The ministry warned that it was Iran’s “legitimate right to fully and resolutely resist the US military aggression and the crimes committed by this rogue regime and to defend Iran’s national security and interests by all necessary means.”
It urged the UN and its various bodies, including its nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency, to “urgently address this flagrant and criminal act of illegality.” It called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency session to condemn the strikes.
