Hommam Al Nassim 
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Irafani, said his country is ready to exercise its inalienable right to self-defense if Washington launches a military operation against Iran.
The Iranian representative said during a session of the UN Security Council held on Sunday the day after the unprecedented Iranian attack against Israel, that Iran “had no choice but to exercise its right to self-defense.”
“The Security Council has failed in its duty to maintain international peace and security” by failing to condemn the strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, he said, noting that “under these circumstances, the Islamic Republic of Iran had no choice but to exercise its right to self-defense.”
The Iranian official pointed out that his country does not want escalation but will respond to any threat or aggression, noting that Tehran showed a commitment to peace by exercising restraint when the US military was called in to intercept drones and rockets fired at targets in the Palestinian territories.
The Iranian representative stressed that if the United States launches a military operation against Iran, Iran will exercise its inalienable right to respond for the benefit and security of its citizens.
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