Iran urges UN intervention after US attack on Larak Island

• Iran has urged the UN Security Council to intervene after it says a US attack on Larak Island killed and wounded soldiers and civilians.
• Tehran described its strikes on US bases in Jordan as an act of self-defense and warned it would respond to further attacks.

Iran has urged the UN Security Council to intervene after it said a US attack on Larak Island in the Gulf killed and wounded soldiers and civilians.

According to Iran’s IRNA news agency, the request was made in a letter sent Monday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres by Gholamhossein Darzi, Iran’s deputy permanent representative and ambassador to the UN.

Darzi said US forces struck Larak Island on Sunday evening, damaging public and private property in what he described as “a clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Iran.

He also said the war on Iran amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he held the US responsible, along with those who ordered or carried out the attacks, IRNA reported.

Darzi said Iran had exercised restraint throughout the war but warned that Iranian forces “would not hesitate” to respond to any further attacks.

He defended Iran’s strikes on US bases in Jordan as an act of self-defense.

Darzi called on the Security Council to demand that the US halt its attacks on Iran.

He also requested that the letter be circulated as an official UN document, according to IRNA.

The claims have not been independently verified, and the US has not been cited in the statement as responding to the allegations.