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October 29, 2005
The statement also pointed to recent remarks made by American Vice President Dick Cheney and the Zionist regime's officials about the possibility of using force against Iran, and said that "the Iranian nation and the world at large asks of the Security Council, how many sessions it has held to investigate and act on similar threats against U.N. member states, and why it hasn’t passed appropriate resolutions condemning these threats."
It called on the Security Council to condemn the "repeated crimes" of the Zionist regime: in particular, the "massacre and terror against the Palestinians."
"If, for whatever reason, the Security Council is unable to redress the grievances of the Palestinian nation, it should at least pass the appropriate resolution to condemn the repeated commission, particularly over recent days, of crimes like the bombardment of Palestinian areas and homes and the massacre of innocent women and children, upon the direct orders of this terrorist regime."
The statement further said that the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the situation in the Occupied Territories was clearly expressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 60th session of the U.N. General Assembly, to wit:
"In Palestine, a durable peace will be possible through justice, an end to discrimination and occupation of Palestinian lands, the return of all Palestinian refugees, and the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state with Al-Qods al-Sharif [Jeruselum] as its capital." The Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to its obligations under the United Nations Charter and has never used or threatened to use force against any other state.
Regrettably, the Security Council has
a bleak record in responding to the use of force or aggression against
Following the American attack and invasion
of
The ministry's statement cited the following
reports as follows:
1. Israel Radio announced on February 20, 2004, that the regime's F16 fighters could target all
parts of
2.
Israeli officials told the
3. The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel,
in a report on October 11, 2003,
said that the Israeli Air Force was ready to attack the Islamic Republic
News Agency, adding that the Air Force had completed a plan to attack
4. The Washington Post on August
17, 2003, published a report on a meeting held between Sharon
and President George W. Bush during which the Israeli leader called for
a
5. The New York Sun newspaper on October
8, 2005, said threats by the
6. The Los Angeles Times in a report on October
24, 2005, wrote about the possibility of a
7. Austrian Die Presse daily on April
13, 2005, wrote:
8. The Saudi newspaper Al-Watan on August 14, 2005, said segments of the Zionist regime's Air Force
were ready to attack
9.
10. The Arab-language Al-Jazeera TV channel, on February
22, 2005, said Israeli Air Force Commander-in-Chief Major
General Eliezer Shakedi urged
Ariel Sharon to keep the regime's armed forces on alert for an attack on
11.
12. Reuters, on April
29, 2003, said: Israeli Ambassador to Washington, Danny Ayalon, called for regime change in
13. According to the IRNA bureau in New York, Vice President Dick Cheney in a telephone conversation on January 31, 2005, spoke of the possibility of an Israeli military attack on Iran, and said that Washington was concerned that the Zionist regime might attack Iran, with or without a request from Washington to do so.
The above-reported cases are among the clear instances that the Zionists and certain permanent members of the Security Council have threatened the use of force against the Islamic Republic and certain Muslim countries.
