SHAFAQNA- Iran has rejected US’ accusations about its ballistic missile and space activities as well as the recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities in the letter addressed to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council.
In the letter, Iran’s envoy to the UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi highlighted Washington’s obsession with pointing the finger at Iran for any incident that takes place in the Middle East region, Iranian media reported Saturday.
“Some US officials’ modus operandi is to blame Iran immediately, without exception and without any evidence, for any incident, regardless of where it happened and who was behind it,” read the letter.
This is a ‘maximum deception’ campaign in line with the United States’ so-called ‘maximum pressure’ policy against Iran,” read the letter.
Iran has dismissed US and Saudi claims about Iran’s involvement in the devastating attacks, which have been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Tehran regards the claims as an attempt by Washington to cover up its utter failure in forcing Iran into accepting its demands through sanctions and pressure.
“It goes without saying that no degree of nominal, intelligence and deception campaign against Iran can change or deflect attention from the realities associated with the illegal acts and irresponsible policies of the US,” the letter said.
The Islamic Republic of Iran rejected the baseless allegations made by US Permanent Representative over Iran space activities and ballistic missiles, saying Iran has not conducted any activity inconsistent with paragraph 3 of annex B to resolution 2231 (2015).
“Iranian missiles have not been designed to carry nuclear warheads. US claims are hypocritical. The launching of missiles does not violate Resolution 2231,” the letter stated.
“Instead of [showing] malicious behavior and [committing] destabilizing acts and [making] futile efforts and baseless claims, the US should stop exporting unprecedented amounts of modern weapons to its allies, which has caused death and destruction in Yemen,” it added, iuvmpress reported.
“At the same time, since Iran’s activities related to space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles fall outside the purview or competence of resolution 2231 (2015) and its annexes, the Secretary-General is therefore expected to seriously avoid reporting on Iran’s such activities in his next reports on the implementation of that resolution,” Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote in his letter, according to IRNA.