Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Amir Saeid Iravani, says the recent US admission of arming groups opposed to the Iranian government confirms Tehran’s position that the US sought to turn peaceful protests in Iran into violence.
Iravani was referring to US President Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News at the weekend, in which he said “Washington armed Kurdish Iranian opposition groups during the January demonstrations in Iran.”
“This explicit admission constitutes clear evidence confirming the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran that the United States sought to transform peaceful protests in Iran into violence, civil unrest and bloodshed,” the Iranian ambassador said in a letter addressed to the United Nations secretary-general and the UN Security Council president on Monday.
The following is the full text of the letter:
Excellency,
Following our previous communications, I wish to draw the urgent attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to recent statements by the President of the United States openly confirming the transfer of weapons to armed and terrorist groups for the purpose of carrying out terrorist acts and unlawful, destabilising activities within the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 5 April 2026, in a telephone interview with Fox News, he brazenly admitted that “Washington armed Kurdish Iranian opposition groups during the January demonstrations in Iran.” Such conduct suits the United States’ long-standing policy of creating, financing and arming terrorist groups in the Middle East and beyond, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the fundamental norms and principles of international law.
As affirmed by the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, the arming and support of armed and terrorist groups within the territory of another State are unlawful and entail international responsibility. Furthermore, any provision of weapons or material support to armed groups engaged in terrorist activities constitutes State sponsorship of terrorism, in direct breach of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999) and United Nations Security Council resolution 1373. These unlawful actions pose a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.
This explicit admission constitutes clear evidence confirming the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran that the United States sought to transform peaceful protests in Iran into violence, civil unrest and bloodshed. By interfering in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, arming terrorist elements and groups, and disseminating false statistics regarding casualties, the United States pursued a malicious policy in Iran—one that ultimately failed. Accordingly, the United States bears full responsibility for all damage and suffering inflicted upon civilians, as well as upon civilian and governmental institutions, during the riots in December 2025 and January 2026.
The Security Council must unequivocally condemn such dangerous statements, ensure that these violations do not go unanswered, and make clear that any conduct amounting to State sponsorship of terrorism will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
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