Iran envoy says US trying to create ‘pretext’ for Iran intervention
Continuing his remarks to the UNSC, Iran’s deputy representative to the body Gholamhossein Darzi accused the US and Israel of trying to sow unrest in the country to make up for what he described as their failed objectives in the 12-day war last June.
“Unable to achieve their objectives through the 12-day war of aggression against Iran in June 2025, they now seek to pursue the same goals through political destabilisation, internal unrest and chaos,” said Darzi.
“This strategy relies on manufacturing casualties, spreading false and inflated figures and creating a pretext for foreign intervention,” he added. “It is a familiar script, one that has been used repeatedly from Iraq to Libya and to Venezuela.