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Iran connected Thursday (February 20, 2026) warned that U.S. bases, facilities, and assets would beryllium "legitimate targets" if the United States follows done connected its military threats and attacks.
Amir Saeid Iravani, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, made the remarks successful a missive to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council that was seen by AFP.
President Donald Trump has deployed warships, combatant jets, and different subject hardware to the Middle East arsenic helium seeks to artifact Iran from gathering a atomic bomb, thing Tehran says it is not pursuing.
The missive cited a societal media station by Mr. Trump connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026), wherever helium said the United States whitethorn request to usage U.K. subject bases, including 1 connected an Indian Ocean island, "should Iran determine not to marque a deal."
"Such a belligerent connection by the President of the United States signals a existent hazard of subject aggression, the consequences of which would beryllium catastrophic for the portion and would represent a sedate menace to planetary bid and security," Mr. Iravani wrote successful the letter.
He called for the Security Council — the U.N.'s apical decision-making body, wherever Washington has veto powerfulness — to "ensure that the United States instantly ceases its unlawful threats of the usage of force."
The missive said Iran remains committed "to diplomatic solutions" and "on a reciprocal basis, addressing ambiguities regarding its peaceful atomic programme."
But Mr. Iravani warned if Iran faced subject aggression, "all bases, facilities, and assets of the hostile unit successful the portion would represent morganatic targets successful the discourse of Iran's antiaircraft response."
Mr. Trump has repeatedly threatened subject enactment against Iran, citing a deadly crackdown connected anti-government protesters past period past much precocious implicit its atomic program.
On Thursday (February 19, 2026), Mr. Trump said that Iran had astatine astir 15 days to marque a woody and again suggested that the United States would onslaught if failed to bash so.
His comments followed talks connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) successful Geneva betwixt U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met indirectly with Iran's apical diplomat, who said that determination was progress.
A erstwhile effort astatine negotiations collapsed erstwhile Israel launched astonishment strikes connected Iran past June, opening a 12-day warfare that Washington concisely joined to weaponry Iranian atomic sites.
