Iran condemns US attacks on monitoring centers as violation of UN Charter

Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday condemning what it described as attacks by the "terrorist American army" on several monitoring and surveillance centers on Iran's southern coast. The ministry said the strikes occurred in the early hours of Wednesday and constituted a flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and Article 1 of the memorandum of understanding on ending the war.

The statement further noted that the new strikes, combined with a U.S. Treasury decision the previous night to revoke the license for Iranian oil sales—which Washington had committed to under Article 10 of the memorandum—as well as violations in the Strait of Hormuz and continued Israeli military aggression and terrorist acts against Lebanon, have rendered essential parts of the ceasefire agreement ineffective.

The ministry "sternly" reminded all governments of their international legal obligations, particularly neighboring countries on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, to prevent aggressor parties from using their territory and facilities for attacks against Iran. "Any cooperation in the commission of the crime of aggression against Iran is tantamount to complicity and participation in the crime," it said.

The statement strongly condemned Washington's "repeated oath-breaking," recalled the responsibilities of the UN Security Council and Secretary-General for regional and international peace and security, and stressed that Iran's armed forces "as they have repeatedly shown, will not hesitate to defend Iran's territorial integrity, national sovereignty and national security against U.S. military aggression under Article 51 of the UN Charter, and will also target the source and origin of the aggression."

According to Mehr News Agency, the statement was issued in response to the latest US attacks on Iranian territory.