ISLAMABAD, JUN 13 (APP/DNA):Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the “unjustified and illegitimate” aggression by Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, reaffirming that it stood in resolute solidarity with the government and the people of Iran.
“The Israeli military strikes violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran and clearly contravene the UN Charter and fundamental principles of international law. Iran has the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter,” Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said in a statement.
He said that Pakistan stood in “resolute solidarity” with the people of Iran and unequivocally denounced these blatant provocations, which constituted a grave danger and a serious threat to the peace, security, and stability of the entire region and beyond, with serious implications.
The spokesperson said that the international community and the United Nations had the responsibility to uphold international law, stop this aggression immediately and hold the aggressor accountable for its actions.
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami and other military and civilian figures have been assassinated in Israeli strikes in Tehran.
It also reported the assassination of Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi, a nuclear scientist and president of the Islamic Azad University, and Fereydoun Abbasi, also a nuclear scientist and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran were also assassinated in separate strikes. Besides, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholamali Rashid was assassinated in the Israeli strikes.
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