Iran warns UN of Israeli threat, says response to any attack will be 'forceful'

Iran’s Foreign Minister issued a formal warning to the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following reports of Israeli plans to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

In a message posted on X, he said the threats, leaked by US officials, require “immediate and serious condemnation” by both the UN Security Council and the IAEA.

“Threats from the rogue Israeli regime are nothing new,” he wrote. “But the recent leak citing US officials as divulging Israeli plans for an unlawful attack on Iran and its nuclear facilities is alarming and warrants immediate and serious condemnation from the UN Security Council and the IAEA.”

He said he had sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi urging international bodies to take preventive action.

“In a letter to UNSG Guterres and IAEA DG Grossi, I have called on the international community to take effective preventive measures against the continuation of Israeli threats, which if unchecked, will compel Iran to take special measures in defense of our nuclear facilities and materials,” he said.

Describing the letter as “a serious pre-action warning,” he added: “The nature, content, and extent of our actions will correspond and be proportionate to preventive measures taken by these international bodies in accordance with their statutory duties and obligations.”

He also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to sabotage diplomacy while under legal pressure. “Evidently, the Wanted War Criminal Netanyahu—desperate to dictate what the US can and cannot do—spares no effort to derail diplomacy and divert attention from his ICC arrest warrant,” he wrote.

Concluding his message, the Iranian foreign minister said that Tehran “will not hesitate to forcefully respond to any transgression and will stop at nothing to protect its interests and people.”