Iran’s UN envoy rejects US allegations about drone attack on UAE nuclear plant

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has dismissed US allegations regarding a drone strike against the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, saying Washington abused the Security Council to spread false accusations against Iran and its peaceful nuclear program.

In identical letters addressed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres and the rotating President of the Security Council Fu Cong on Friday, Amir Saeid Iravani said that the US Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, during the Security Council meeting held on May 19 under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East,” falsely accused Iran of responsibility for the alleged assault without providing any verified evidence.

“Iran categorically rejects this allegation. Iran itself has been the victim of attacks and acts of aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime against its safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities,” the letter read.

The senior diplomat further noted that the Islamic Republic reiterates its principled and unequivocal position that any attack or threat against peaceful nuclear facilities constitutes a grave violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and the Statute and resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and has repeatedly warned of the catastrophic humanitarian, environmental, and radiological consequences of such reckless and unlawful acts.

Iravani went on to denounce it as deeply ironic that the US — the only country ever to have used nuclear weapons and itself responsible, together with the Israeli regime, for attacks against safeguarded Iranian nuclear facilities — now claims concern for nuclear safety and security.

He said that the US and the Israeli regime targeted, inter alia, the safeguarded facilities at Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan, and Bushehr during the unlawful acts of aggression and two unwarranted and savage wars against Iran in June 2025 and February 2026 in blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law, international humanitarian law, the IAEA Statute, and relevant IAEA resolutions.

Iravani stated that the Washington and Tel Aviv regimes and their malicious and nefarious activities in West Asia are the main source of regional instability, and the current situation is the direct consequence of repeated unlawful uses of force by the US and Israel against Iran.

“Senior US officials have repeatedly threatened Iran’s infrastructure, economy, and civilian facilities, while serious violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes have been committed against the Iranian people,” he stated.

The Iranian ambassador hailed the Islamic Republic as a committed State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

He stated that the US unlawfully withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in violation of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), undermined diplomacy, imposed unlawful unilateral coercive measures against the Iranian people, and repeatedly resorted to threats and the use of force.

“The United States has twice attacked Iran in egregious violation of the Charter of the United Nations, while negotiations were underway, demonstrating that its commitments cannot be relied upon.

Iravani finally underscored that Washington and Tel Aviv regimes must bear full responsibility for the harm inflicted upon Iranian civilians, civilian infrastructure, and peaceful nuclear facilities during their acts of aggression.

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