UNITED NATIONS -- A senior Iranian diplomat has called on the United Nations to address European complicity in war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel during their war of aggression against the Islamic Republic, according to a letter sent to the UN chief and Security Council president.
Iranian Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamhossein Darzi said he was writing to draw the UN’s attention to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s “deeply disturbing and consequential admission” that some 5,000 sorties were flown from European bases in support of the military assault against Iran.
“This statement is not a minor or incidental disclosure. It is a public admission by the head of NATO on the indispensable role played by European territory and infrastructure in facilitating the acts of aggression,” Darzi wrote.
It “clearly establishes … international responsibility, as well as the individual criminal responsibility of European officials involved in the planning, preparation, facilitation, or execution of acts amounting to aggression and war crimes committed by the United States and the Israeli regime in Iran,” he added. 
The Iranian envoy said more than 3,600 people were martyred during the 40-day U.S.-Israeli aggression, which he said violated Iran’s
 sovereignty and territorial integrity and targeted civilians and civilian objects in clear disregard for international humanitarian law.
He noted that certain European states have knowingly facilitated the unlawful acts against Iran by placing their territory, airspace, military facilities, and other logistical and operational capabilities at the disposal of the aggressors.
“Such conduct, in itself, constitutes a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Furthermore, such actions constitute participation in and assistance to an act of aggression within the meaning of General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX),” he said.
“Accordingly, the states concerned bear international responsibility for their internationally wrongful acts, including their participation in and assistance to acts of aggression, and remain under an obligation to make full reparation for all injury, including material and moral damage, caused to the Islamic Republic of Iran, its nationals, and its civilian and public infrastructure.”
Darzi emphasized that the UN Security Council cannot remain silent, urging member states to treat the admission “with the seriousness it warrants” and reject any attempt to normalize the participation of third states in acts of aggression.
He further called on the United Nations to take concrete measures to ensure that the NATO chief, as well as European officials, would be held accountable for their internationally wrongful acts against the Islamic Republic.