News - Middle East: A senior Iranian diplomat has strongly condemned Israel’s threat to use military force against the country’s non-military and vital infrastructure as a blatant violation of international principles, emphasizing that Tehran will not hesitate to respond decisively to any threat or wrongful action by the Tel Aviv regime.

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saied Iravani made the remarks in a letter addressed to the rotating president of the UN Security Council Pedro Comissário Afonso and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Iravani wrote that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 21 had resorted to the regime’s repeated lies and false claims in order to openly make threats of using military force against Iran’s critical infrastructure, including peaceful nuclear facilities.

He said the Israeli regime’s threats are in direct contravention of the international law and the United Nations Charter.

The Iranian ambassador pointed to similar remarks by Israeli minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant on February 17, in which he made threats of employing military force against Iran's civil sites and critical infrastructure.