Iran urges UN to stop repeated US violations of ceasefire after attack on radar facilities

Iran has strongly condemned a pre-dawn US drone strike on its radar facilities as a "flagrant breach" of the April ceasefire, reaffirming its "legitimate and inherent" right to self-defense while urging the United Nations to take action against repeated US violations of the truce.

In a statement on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the US strikes on radar and coastal monitoring facilities in the southern Sirik region and Qeshm Island early in the morning was a "flagrant violation" of the April ceasefire and an act of "military aggression" against the Islamic Republic's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

It added that the attack targeted facilities responsible for safeguarding the country's border security and ensuring the safety of international shipping waterways.

"This move, which took place in the continuation of the hostile and provocative behavior of the US regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran, exposes the complete disregard of the American ruling establishment for the fundamental principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,” it emphasized.

In line with the inherent right of legitimate self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, the statement said, the powerful Iranian Armed Forces gave a proportionate and effective response to the US act of aggression with vigilance, decisiveness, and full power and did not allow the perpetrators to achieve their sinister goals.

The ministry pointed to the United States’ repeated ceasefire violations, emphasizing that Washington lacks the necessary will to ease tensions or restore stability to the region.

"The repeated violation of the ceasefire by the United States proves once again that this country not only has no intention of reducing tensions and returning to the path of stability, but also jeopardizes regional security with its provocative actions," it asserted.

It held the US government responsible for all consequences of such illegal actions that could lead to further escalation of tensions.

According to the statement, the Islamic Republic will defend its sovereignty, security, and national interests with full strength and making use of its utmost capacities.

In a direct appeal to regional countries, the ministry urged them to uphold the principle of good neighborliness and refrain from allowing aggressors to use their territory or resources to design or carry out acts of aggression against Iran.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly calls upon the regional countries to observe the principle of good neighborliness and adhere to the fundamental principle of international law regarding the refusal to allow aggressor parties to use their territory and facilities to design and carry out aggressive acts against the Islamic Republic of Iran," the statement read.

The ministry also called on the United Nations Secretary General, the Security Council, and other responsible international bodies to show a swift and effective reaction to the US's continued flagrant violation of the ceasefire and illegal moves and to “prevent the growing normalization of violations of the UN Charter and acts threatening regional and international peace and security."

IRGC pounds US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain after drone attacks on Iranian territory

The IRGC says it has targeted two US air bases in Kuwait and the remaining facilities of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in response to the latest US aggression.

The statement comes after US Central Command wrote in a post on X that “moments ago, CENTCOM forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz.”

The post claimed that the attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic and that US forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks.

In retaliation, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement that it had targeted two US air bases in Kuwait and the remaining facilities of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in response to the latest US aggression.

The IRGC said that four violating oil tankers, instigated and guided by the aggressive American army and without coordination or attention to repeated warnings from the IRGC Navy, attempted to illegally exit the Strait of Hormuz early on Saturday.

Following warnings, one of the tankers was targeted and stopped, and the other violating vessels turned back, it said.

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