Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has sent a letter to the UN to protest the U.S. and Israel listing Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi as assassination targets, according to Iranian media reports on Friday.
In the letter, Iravani said the reports that the two have been temporarily removed from the U.S.-Israeli hit list prove that the threat of assassination does exist.
Iravani expressed his hope that UN Security Council members would immediately pay attention to the media reports.
The reports indicate that there is indeed a framework for the assassination of senior Iranian officials, and it has been systematically carried out since the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, he said.
Iravani said that such assassination policies seriously violate international law, and this threat stems from a criminal mentality.
Citing U.S. officials, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Iranian parliament speaker and foreign minister have been temporarily removed from the U.S.-Israeli hit list for four to five days to facilitate U.S.-Iran negotiations.
Iran protests U.S.-Israeli hit list targeting senior Iranian officials
