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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held separate phone conversations with the secretaries-general of the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Antonio Guterres and Nurlan Yermekbayev on Thursday evening, discussing the recent unrest in Iran and accusing the United States and Israel of interfering in the country's internal situation.
According to statements from the Iranian Foreign Ministry, A. Araghchi noted that peaceful protests over economic demands escalated into violence after the infiltration of "trained terrorists." He emphasized that Iran will defend its sovereignty from what the diplomat called "Israeli- and US-sponsored terrorism."
A. Araghchi accused Israel of playing a "direct role in arming and training terrorists" and criticized statements by American officials for "meddling" in the country's affairs, which he said encourage violence to pave the way for foreign intervention. He cited attacks on security forces, civilians, ambulances, and mosques during the unrest, describing them as "Islamic State-style" actions.
An Iranian diplomat called on the UN and the Security Council to condemn the violence and "illegal interventions" of the United States, while reaffirming Iran's commitment to protecting the rights of citizens to peaceful assembly and national security.
A. Guterres, for his part, particularly emphasized the need for all governments to respect fundamental human rights, as well as the principles of the UN Charter, particularly those concerning the prohibition of the use or threat of force, and spoke out against interference in the internal affairs of other states, the Iranian Foreign Ministry indicated.
At the same time, according to a statement on the SCO website, N. Ermekbaev, in turn, emphasized that the principles of mutual respect for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of states, equality, mutual benefit, non-interference in internal affairs, and renunciation of the use of force or the threat of its use are “the basis for the sustainable development of international relations.” –0–
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