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Iran and the United States have included a clause in a potential agreement to end the conflict that would require the deal to be reinforced through a United Nations Security Council resolution, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on June 1.
“We are still discussing the general provisions. These 14 points imply only the main articles, among which there is a provision that, if a deal is reached, it should take the form of a UN Security Council resolution so that it has legal protection,” Baghaei said during a briefing.
At the same time, Tehran does not believe that a UN Security Council resolution alone will guarantee the implementation of the agreement, as Iran has previously experienced the opposite, the diplomat added.
Meanwhile, Baghaei defended Iran’s right to retaliate against regional bases and assets allegedly used to launch attacks against the country, following reports by Kuwait of a series of missile and drone attacks.
“The EU’s statement blaming Iran for exercising its right to self-defense against U.S. aggression launched from bases in neighboring countries is a masterclass in selective moral outrage; it is hypocritical and reckless,” Baghaei said in a post on X.
“The EU must remain faithful to the rule of law and the principles of the UN Charter that it has long claimed to uphold. It must stop appeasing aggressors while blaming those who respond to unlawful attacks.”
“Iran’s strikes against those bases and assets that are used to launch unlawful attacks against Iran are a lawful exercise of self-defense.”
“States have an established legal obligation not to allow their territory or assets to be used for invading other countries.”
Esmail Baghaei said Iran has the right to carry out retaliatory strikes on regional “bases and assets” used to wage attacks against it.
“States have an established legal obligation not to allow their territory or assets to be used for invading other countries,” Baghaei said in the X post.
He also accused the European union of displaying “selective moral outrage” in its response, saying a statement by the bloc condemning Iran for “exercising its right to self-defense against U.S. aggression launched from bases in neighboring countries” was “hypocritical and reckless.”
Baghaei did not specify which EU statement he was referring to. However, the EU’s diplomatic service had criticized reported Iranian attacks on Kuwait in a statement issued several days earlier, saying they violated the country’s sovereignty and “pose a serious threat to regional security and stability.”
