GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to “lawless aggression,” declaring that its 90 million citizens are in “grave danger” from US and Israeli strikes as the Middle East war entered its third week with no end in sight.
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Iran’s ambassador, Ali Bahreini, forcefully rejected the focus on Tehran’s domestic rights record and instead demanded the international body address what he called “reckless military aggression” against his nation.
“The most urgent and fundamental human rights issue concerning Iran is the imminent threat to the lives of 90 million people whose lives are in immediate and grave danger under the shadow of reckless military aggression,” Bahreini said.
He described the attacks as carried out by “some of the most lawless and unscrupulous actors on the international stage” and warned that if such “reckless militarism” was met with indifference, “Iran will most certainly not be the last country to suffer such treatment”.
Casualties and School Attack Allegations
The ambassador told the council that more than 1,300 people have been killed and over 7,000 injured in Iran since the US-Israeli strikes began on February 28.
He specifically raised the issue of an alleged attack on a school in the southern city of Minab, which Iran blames on the US and Israel, urging the rights body to discuss “the innocent children massacred at their school desks” . Washington has said it is investigating the incident.
“Under such circumstances, what exactly is Iran expected to do?” Bahreini asked, insisting: “Iran is not a nation that submits to coercion, intimidation or lawless aggression”.
Gulf States Condemn Iranian Retaliation
Meanwhile, the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, plus Jordan, jointly condemned Iran’s retaliatory attacks on their territories, stating they endangered regional security and civilian lives and “cannot be justified under any pretext”.
The UN Human Rights Council was holding an interactive dialogue on Iran’s rights record, where special rapporteur Mai Sato detailed Tehran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests that began in December, reporting that “over 7,000 deaths have been reported by civil society”.
She also highlighted violations of “medical neutrality,” describing how hospitals were raided and wounded protesters arrested from their beds.
On the military strikes, Sato stated that the US-Israeli attacks “remain unlawful, no matter the assumed or stated objectives”.
The war has killed an estimated 886 people in Lebanon, where Hezbollah has been drawn into the fighting, and displaced over 800,000 families.
Global oil markets remain volatile, with prices fluctuating around $100 per barrel amid the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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