Iran delivered a formal letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and to members of the UN Security Council, protesting a statement by the President of the United States of America on 2 January 2026.
The letter was submitted by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations under reference number 2774684.
“Upon instructions from my Government, and further to my letter dated 30 December 2025, I wish to draw the attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to the statement made on 2 January 2026 by the President of the United States of America,” the letter read in part.
According to Iran, the statement constituted “yet another clear instance of intervention in the internal affairs of a Member State of the United Nations, in violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.” The letter described the remarks as amounting to “the incitement of violence, unrest, and terrorist acts within Iran.”
The Iranian mission cited a specific threat made by the U.S. President, who declared that, “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”
Iran On Alleged Violations of International Law
The letter noted that “only days earlier, the President of the United States publicly threatened the Iranian Islamic Republic with the use of force, including renewed military attacks against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities and its defensive capabilities.”
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Iran argued that these statements demonstrated “a consistent pattern of unlawful conduct by the United States” and constituted “a clear, explicit, and unlawful threat of the use of force against a sovereign State, as well as interference in its internal affairs.”
Additionally, it emphasised that such threats were “strictly prohibited under international law,” regardless of “political pretexts or rhetorical framing.” It further stated that “any attempt to incite, encourage, or legitimise internal unrest as a pretext for external pressure or military intervention constituted a grave violation of Iran’s sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity.”
The letter added that, under international law, “the encouragement, support, or facilitation of subversive or violent activities within another State constituted an internationally wrongful act.”
Historical Record Of US Unlawfulness
The communication outlined what it described as a historical record of U.S. actions, including “operations, and unlawful uses of force across the globe, carried out in gross violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
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It stated that these actions had resulted in “widespread civilian casualties, the collapse of States, humanitarian catastrophes, and the emergence and empowerment of extremist and terrorist groups.”
The statement further noted that its people had, “over decades, experienced the true consequences of the United States’ professed concern for their welfare,” citing events such as the 1953 coup d’état against the government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, support for Iraq during the eight-year war, the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, and the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani.
The letter called on the Secretary-General and the Security Council “to unequivocally and strongly condemn these reckless and provocative statements against Iran.”
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