AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Minister of Foreign Affairs described the threat to attack civilian infrastructure as a war crime and, emphasizing that Iran will give a decisive, immediate, and regretful response to any aggression, advised the United States to cease its continued threats.
Gharibabadi, the Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on X on Monday, April 6, in response to threats by the U.S. president:
“1. The use of force against the territorial integrity of Iran is a clear violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter (the absolute prohibition of the threat of force) and constitutes an act of aggression under UN General Assembly Resolution 3314.
2. The threat of attacking power plants and bridges (civilian infrastructure) is a war crime under Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and Protocol I of the 1977 Geneva Conventions (Article 52).
3. The President of the United States, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes—an act that entails his individual criminal responsibility before the International Criminal Court and any competent national court.
4. The Islamic Republic of Iran, based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, will give a decisive, immediate, and regretful response to any aggression or imminent threat.
5. It is advised that he cease these continued threats, whose consequences will not be limited solely to Iran, before the name of the President of the United States is recorded in history as a super war criminal.”
It is worth noting that U.S. President Donald Trump, in conversations and tweets yesterday, once again threatened that if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed after 48 hours, he would bomb Iran’s infrastructure and destroy the country. This claim by Trump has been met with widespread reactions across the world and in Iran, with many condemning these statements.
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