Iran has for the first time officially blamed Israel for a drone strike on a crucial defense installation in the megacity of Isfahan, filing a complaint with the United Nations Security Council about the “terrorist attack” launched by the Jewish state and saying it reserves its “licit and essential right” to avenge. In the letter transferred Wednesday and published Thursday, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said he wanted to draw the UN’s attention to “further cases of the Israeli government’s acts of terrorism and sabotage as well as violations of transnational law against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
In a letter to the United Nations principal, Iran’s UN envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, said “primary disquisition suggested Israel was responsible” for Saturday night’s attack, which Tehran had said caused no casualties or serious damage. “Iran reserves its licit and essential right to defend its public security and forcefully respond to any trouble or wrongdoing of the Zionist governance (Israel) wherever and whenever it deems necessary,” Iravani said in the letter. “This action accepted by the Zionist governance (Israel) goes against transnational law”. Details on the Isfahan attack, which happened around 11.30 p.m. Saturday, still remains scarce days after the assault. A Defense Ministry statement described three drones being launched at the installation, with two of them successfully shot down. A third supposedly made it through to strike the structure, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no bone, the ministry said. Iravani’s letter to U.N. Secretary- General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council advised Tehran could respond to the attack.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its licit and essential right to defend its public security and respond intensively to any pitfalls or unlawful conduct by the Israeli governance, wherever and whenever supposed necessary,” the letter read. Arch foe Israel has long said it’s willing to strike Iranian targets if tactfulness fails to check Tehran’s nuclear or bullet programmes, but doesn’t note specific incidents.
