The Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, said that Israel's confirmation of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination legitimizes Iran's attack on Israel on October 1 in a post on X/Twitter on Tuesday.
“This brazen act… legitimizes Iran’s response on 1 October 2024,” the post read.
The post comes following a statement on Monday made by Defense Minister Israel Katz, who took responsibility for the assassination of Haniyeh.
Katz threatened to deliver a “decisive blow… just as we did to Haniyeh" during his Monday statement following a Houthi attack on central Israel.
This was the first time an Israeli official addressed Israel's participation in assassinating Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran in July.
In a shameless admission, the regime’s Minister of Warmongering confessed to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader and former Prime Minister of Palestine, during his visit to Tehran. This brazen act underscores Israel’s role in terrorism, legitimizes Iran’s… pic.twitter.com/hBgPpYoMi7
— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) December 24, 2024
Israel was referred to as a ‘terrorist regime’
“The Security Council must not allow the continued impunity of a regime that flagrantly defies international law,” the statement read.
“The continued silence of the Security Council, entrusted with the primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace and security, would not only embolden this terrorist regime for the commission of more atrocious crimes but also undermine the core principles upon which the United Nations was founded.”