Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denounced President Donald Trump’s threats to target Iran’s energy infrastructure as a blatant admission of war crimes during a telephone conversation on Sunday, with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, reported Tasnim. He condemned the crimes committed by the US and Israel against the Iranian people over the past 37 days, including attacks on Iran’s industrial and production infrastructures, hospitals, schools, residential areas, as well as Iran’s nuclear facilities and centers.
Araqchi emphasized the urgent need for action by relevant international bodies, especially the United Nations Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency, to condemn the US-Israeli crimes and hold the aggressors accountable. The Iranian foreign minister also referred to US threats regarding attacks on Iran’s energy facilities, considering these statements a clear admission of committing war crimes.
For his part, Lavrov recalled his country’s principled position in condemning the military aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran, emphasizing the necessity of stopping illegal attacks on civilian targets, especially the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Lavrov also called for the use of every opportunity to prevent the escalation of conflicts.
In a separate telephone conversation with his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot, Araghchi gave what Tasnim described as “a stark warning” about the far-reaching consequences of any US attack on Iran’s infrastructure for global energy and economy, cautioning the American officials that they would be held accountable for any such tragedy. Trump’s threat “amounts to normalizing war crimes and genocide, and if carried out, it will undoubtedly face a decisive and comprehensive response from the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said.
Araghchi warned that the consequences of such a situation would not be limited to Iran and the region but would have destructive effects on global energy and the economy, and responsibility for this would solely lie with American officials and aggressors.
For his part, Barrot reportedly emphasized the need to end the war and described the threats concerning attacks on infrastructure as a source of increased tension in the region, stressing the necessity of resolving issues through diplomacy.