JAKARTA - The Iranian Embassy in Jakarta condemned the attacks carried out by the United States and Israel on the capital Tehran and a number of other cities on Saturday morning, as a threat to peace and security.
In a written statement, the Iranian Embassy said the US and Israel carried out the aggression by carrying out attacks on civilian locations and vital infrastructure in Tehran and several other cities.
The Iranian embassy said the attack violated Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty. It was also considered a violation of Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter. Referring to Article 51 of the UN Charter, Iran has a legitimate right and legitimacy to respond to the aggression.
"The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will fully exercise this right in order to defend the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran by providing a firm and strong response to the aggression of the Zionist regime of Israel and the United States," the Iranian Embassy said in a statement, Saturday (28/2).
Iran also stressed that the UN Security Council was responsible for immediately taking action "in the face of the violation of international peace and security as a result of the Zionist's blatant aggression" and asked the chairman and members of the council to take immediate action.
"Condemns aggressive and criminal actions against territorial integrity, considers Washington and Tel Aviv's actions as a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.
The Iranian Embassy also hopes that the Government and the people of Indonesia will firmly and openly condemn the start of the war and aggression against Iran.
As previously reported, the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday morning, with President Donald Trump saying it was to destroy Tehran's missiles and missile industry.
The attack was a major escalation after weeks of negotiations between US and Iranian officials over the country's nuclear program.
President Trump confirmed in a video posted on social media that the United States had launched a "massive and sustained" military campaign in Iran, "to prevent this very evil radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests."
"We will destroy their missiles and destroy their missile industry," President Trump said, as reported by CNN.
In his video message, Trump said Iran had sought to rebuild its nuclear program after the US bombed its nuclear facilities in June.
"They refuse every opportunity to achieve their nuclear ambitions, and we can no longer tolerate that," he said.
An American official told CNN on Saturday morning that the attack was underway, describing it as "not a small attack."
Previously, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz called the attack a "preemptive strike" against Iran, while a state of emergency was declared throughout Israel.
The attack targeted Iranian ballistic missiles and missile launchers, which Israel considers a serious threat. It is not clear if there were any casualties.
Videos tracked and verified by CNN showed smoke billowing from the capital Tehran. Meanwhile, attacks were also reported in Iranian cities such as Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, and Kermanshah, according to the state-run Fars news agency.
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