ALWAGHT- Abbas Araghchi emphasizes the need to hold the US accountable for its hostile actions against Iran, with Tehran actively seeking legal and international recourse.
In an article titled "Voice of Iran," published by Ayatollah Khamenei's website, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi highlighted three main points:
- The terrorist operations on January 8–10 were not spontaneous unrest but part of a targeted project backed by the United States and Israel, with solid evidence to support this claim.
- The attacks on Iran's political and consular missions in multiple countries constituted a clear violation of the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations and crossed diplomacy's red lines.
- The organized acts of terrorism, including training, equipping, and directing criminal elements, incitement to violence, and efforts to destabilize Iran's internal security, removed the events from the realm of peaceful protest and elevated them to a serious issue of international law. The damage extended beyond lives and property, affecting mosques, educational centers, banks, hospitals, power infrastructure, public shops, and causing the martyrdom of security forces and the death of innocent citizens.
Araghchi also pointed out explicit and repeated threats by US President Donald Trump against Ayatollah Khamenei, which constitute a violation of the principle of non-intervention and the inviolability of heads of state under customary international law.
Iran's Foreign Ministry is documenting hostile actions and preparing legal grounds to file cases with competent domestic and international bodies, with Araghchi stressing that "The Islamic Republic of Iran will not relinquish the rights of each and every Iranian. The US must be held accountable for its actions."
