Iran Accuses US, Israel Of Terrorism For Threatening To Assassinate Khamenei, Urges UN Action

Last Updated:June 28, 2025, 07:46 IST

Iran cited the Israeli Defence Minister's remarks on assassinating Khamenei as well as Trump's comments calling him an "easy target" as examples of terror-inciting statements.

Iran had accused Israel of launching an unprovoked and large-scale military aggression in violation of international law. (Reuters/File)

Iran has accused the United States and Israel of state terrorism for openly threatening to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and urged the UN Security Council to discharge legal responsibilities against such “criminal and provocative rhetoric".

“The US and the Zionist regime of Israel have openly threatened to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader. This criminal act constitutes a manifest instance of State terrorism; and, the very gravity of such a threat must not be permitted to be diminished or normalised in any manner whatsoever," said the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations.

Iran referenced Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz’s remarks on Khamenei meeting a fate like Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and US President Donald Trump’s remarks about Khamenei being an “easy target" as “unlawful, provocative and terror-inciting statements". It also highlighted Trump’s recent statement where he said the US saved Khamenei from an “ugly and ignominious" death.

“Such reckless and deliberate threats by senior officials constitute a serious violation of the Charter of the United Nations, particularly Article 2(4), which unequivocally prohibits both the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State."

The Iranian mission also accused Israel of launching an unprovoked and large-scale military aggression against the Islamic Republic on June 13 in flagrant violation of international law and possessing a well-documented record of state-sponsored assassinations, extraterritorial terror operations, and deliberate armed attacks, including the killing of Iranian officials, nuclear scientists and civilians.

“Such threats set a dangerous precedent by seeking to normalise assassination as a tool of foreign policy, in blatant contempt for the international legal order. The international community must not remain silent in the face of such clear and escalating violations of international law," it added.

It also called on the Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council, and the President of the General Assembly, urging them to discharge their legal responsibilities against such criminal and provocative rhetoric.

Israel Katz had earlier said there was no opportunity for Israel to assassinate the Supreme Leader as he went into hiding when the conflict broke out on July 13. “If (Khamenei) had been in our sights, we would have taken him out," he told Israeli media. When the conflict was underway, Israel said assassinating Khamenei was not beyond its limits.

Aveek Banerjee

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