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Iran has officially protested to the United Nations, accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of explicit threats to its existence. Tehran asserted that Trump's statements regarding the nation's destruction overtly violate international law and the UN Charter. This formal message was sent to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the Security Council. In the diplomatic note, Gholam Hossein Darzi, Iran's Chargé d'Affaires to the United Nations, clarified that Trump's remarks during his UN General Assembly speech, threatening to "quickly destroy Iran," transcend mere political rhetoric. Darzi, according to the Iranian News Agency IRNA, stated these threats directly contravene principles prohibiting the use of force and safeguarding international peace and security. The message highlighted that these threats are not isolated, but part of a continuous pattern of overt hostile statements against Iran, from a permanent UN Security Council member's head of state. Tehran noted that the former U.S. President had previously, in March and April 2026, threatened to target and destroy Iranian energy facilities and vital infrastructure, including power stations, desalination plants, and bridges. Considering these persistent American threats, and what Tehran describes as "acts of aggression and grave violations of international humanitarian law" – which it attributes to the United States and Israel since February 28, 2026 – the message urged the United Nations and its specialized bodies to take decisive action. Iran concluded that an explicit threat to destroy a UN member state, especially from the General Assembly platform, severely undermines the UN Charter's authority and the organization's fundamental responsibility to prevent threats to international peace and security.
