Iran UN envoy says Canada complicit in Israeli actions, rejects 'main threat' claim

Nasser Asadi, third counsellor at Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, stated that the real insult to international law is what he described as a "desperate attempt to whitewash the crimes of the Israeli regime" through spreading disinformation, misleading public opinion, demonisation and labelling a country as the so-called "main threat to peace and security." He made these remarks in response to statements at the United Nations by Canada's foreign minister, who had called Iran the main threat to regional peace and security.

Asadi described as the "biggest lie of the century" Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement in his UN General Assembly speech calling his actions in Gaza the "biggest lie of the century." Asadi said that Netanyahu's and the Canadian foreign minister's remarks cannot erase documented facts, nullify court findings and rulings, whitewash crimes witnessed by the world, or change the reality that the Israeli regime is the only "main threat to peace and security."

He stressed, "No fabrication and lie can absolve Canada and other Western countries, especially the United States, of their international responsibilities and the individual criminal responsibility of their officials for complicity in the crimes committed by the Israeli regime in our region." Asadi's comments reflect Iran's ongoing criticism of Western nations' positions on Israel and their designation of Iran as a security threat.

According to Mehr News, the exchange highlights continuing tensions at the United Nations over competing narratives regarding security in the Middle East and accountability for actions in Gaza.