Iran calls for ‘effective’ sanctions on Israel under Chapter VII of UN Charter

A senior Iranian diplomat says the United Nations Security Council should impose “effective” sanctions against Israel and all countries must cut trade with the regime amid the deteriorating situation in Palestine.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibaadi made the statement in an address to the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations in New York on Friday.

He said the UN Security Council has failed to stop the carnage in Palestine due to the United States’ “unyielding” support to the Israeli regime.

The Iranian official added that Israel is aided and abetted by Washington in its atrocious crimes, emphasizing that both the United States and Israel shall “bear full responsibility for all their internationally wrongful acts and for each and every single life that is taken by the regime.”

“The UN Security Council should impose effective sanctions against the Israeli regime under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.”

“It is also incumbent upon all states to desist and refrain from any form of aid and assistance or economic dealings with the regime so as to stop its genocidal attacks and end its occupation.”

Gharibabadi pointed to Iran’s “utmost restraint” against Israel’s acts of provocation and said the regime, however, seems relentless in demonstrating its savagery.

The Iranian diplomat warned that Israel “is aiming now to expand its acts of aggression to Lebanon, propelling the region into a possibly irreversible escalation.”

“Such provocations and brutality will not prevail our collective determination to stop the Israeli regime. One knows that restraint cannot be infinite,” he said.

The Israeli regime escalated its attacks against Lebanon, killing more than 700 civilians since Monday, following the launch of Tel Aviv’s war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

Israel is committing heinous crimes amid the United States’ continued unconditional political support for the regime.

As part of the support, Washington has traditionally used its veto power and influence as a permanent Security Council member to prevent the council from either holding the regime accountable or taking it to task for its atrocities.

Iran: Israel after full-scale war in region, does not deserve UN membership

Iran warns that the Israeli regime is after igniting a “full-scale war” in the West Asia region, saying the regime “does not deserve” to be a UN member due to its deadly provocations.

Iran has repeatedly warned against Israel’s plot to ignite a “full-scale war” in the West Asia region and emphasized that it will remain indifferent in this regard.

Elsewhere in his address, Gharibabadi warned against attempts to transform the very intergovernmental nature of the United Nations as well as from the egocentric unilateralism, in particular unilateral coercive measures.

“Unilateral coercive measures seek to infringe upon the sovereign and inalienable right of states to choose their economic system as well as their political, social, and cultural systems without outside interference, coercion, or threat in any form.”

He underscored the importance of responding to such illegitimate purposes in an effective and commensurate manner and urged the Group’s members to enhance coordination and cooperation as among their common objectives.

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