Iran Press/ America: Iran repeatedly refuted Western media reports about Russia using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine
Amir Saeed Iravani, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York, emphasized that the Western countries were trying to establish a false connection between Security Council Resolution 2231 and the use of drones in the Ukraine war based on false and misleading interpretations while Resolution 2231 did not prohibit the export of weapons, nor did it give the UN Secretariat the necessary instructions and capacity to carry out this investigation.
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations by sending a reasoned letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, as well as the President of the Security Council of the organization, a copy of which was also sent to the facilitator of Resolution 2231 (Ireland), expressed the precise positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the baseless claims and accusations leveled by the troika of the European Union (Germany, England, France) and the United States regarding the use of drones belonging to Iran in the war in Ukraine.
The senior diplomat of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United Nations has stated in this letter it is ironic that the United States and three European countries accuse Iran of violating a specific clause of the United Nations Security Council resolution. At the same time, they continue to violate all legal obligations under the same resolution grossly. A clear example of this breach of commitment is the illegal withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear agreement and the continuation of this breach of commitment in the present as leverage for bargaining. An action that is considered a clear and flagrant violation of the mandatory rules of international law the United Nations Charter and Security Council Resolution 2231.
The ambassador and permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran has stressed in this letter: The US and the European Troika have tried to make a fake connection between this resolution and the use of drones in the conflict in Ukraine to justify their baseless claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran with spreading false information, undocumented materials, false speculations and misleading, arbitrary and incomplete interpretations of UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
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The Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations has further pointed to the same style and phrasing of the letters of the troika of Europe and the United States with the letter of the Ukrainian government and has emphasized that this matter will increase the speculation about a cunning and organized effort to advance the political agenda of the writers of the letter. This includes a misleading and arbitrary interpretation of Resolution 2231, contrary to the resolution's spirit and explicit text, and weakens the independence, impartiality, and professional functioning of the UN Secretariat.
He added that, as he explained in his letter dated October 19, the restrictions mentioned in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Annex B of Resolution 2231 officially ended on October 18, 2020, and since then, none of Iran's actions did include the supply or transfer of weapons or related items to other countries under the restrictions of Resolution 2231. Therefore, the claim of violation of Paragraph 4 of Annex B of Resolution 2231 is a mistake and a misleading and arbitrary interpretation, which contradicts this paragraph's provisions, spirit, and text. This paragraph refers to the limitations of items, materials, equipment, goods, and technology that could contribute to developing nuclear weapons. Iran has never produced or supplied these items and has no intention to make or is unavailable.
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The senior Iranian diplomat in the United Nations regarding the request of the European troika and the United States to the secretariat to investigate within the framework of Resolution 2231 to evaluate the type of drones used in the conflict in Ukraine emphasized that Resolution 2231 did not provide any legal basis for conducting such investigations. In addition, and more importantly, the memorandum dated January 16, 2016, by the President of the Security Council has specified the relevant duties in the implementation of the resolution, especially about the principles mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 7 of Annex B of this Resolution 2231.
Iravani added: "Based on this memorandum, tasks such as monitoring the implementation of the resolution, answering the questions of the member states and international organizations regarding the implementation of the resolution, and more importantly, the correct response to the information regarding alleged actions contrary to the resolution should be performed by the Security Council itself."
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