(22 Jun 2025)
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Istanbul, Turkey – 22 June 2025
1. Arrival of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister:
"The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns in the strongest terms the United States’ brutal military aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities. It is an outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The warmongering and lawless administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression. The US military attack on the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of a UN member state carried out with genocidal Israeli regime, carried out in collusion with the genocidal Israeli regime, has once again revealed the extent of the United States hostility towards the peace-seeking people of Iran, who will never compromise over the independence and sovereignty. The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to defend Iran’s territory, sovereignty, security and people, by all means necessary, against not just U.S. military aggression, but also the reckless and unlawful actions of the Israeli regime."
3. Cutaway
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister:
"While President Trump was elected on a platform of putting an end to America’s costly involvement of forever wars in our part of the world, he has betrayed not only Iran by abusing our commitment to diplomacy, but also deceived his own voters by submitting to the wishes of a wanted war criminal who has grown accustomed to exploiting the lives and wealth of American citizens to further Israeli regime’s objectives. The US act of aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities constitutes not only a flagrant breach of the UN Charter, especially the prohibition of the use of force under Article Two, paragraph four, and the obligation to respect the states territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231. It cannot be emphasized enough how much of a devastating blow that the U.S., and permanent member of the Security Council, has dealt to the global non-proliferation regime."
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STORYLINE:
Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Washington is “fully responsible” for what actions the Islamic Republic takes next in retaliation against the U.S. strikes on its various nuclear sites.
“The warmongering, a lawless administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression,” Abbas Araghchi said in a news briefing at a conference in Turkey.
These were the first public statements from a high-ranking Iranian official since the U.S. carried out its strikes.
The United States attacked three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s war aimed at destroying the Iranian nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe that prompted fears of a wider regional conflict as Tehran accused Washington of launching "a dangerous war.”
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