On the morning of Friday, June 13, in a deliberate escalation violating the UN Charter and international law, Israel launched coordinated military assaults on Iranian cities, peaceful nuclear facilities, senior officials, scientists, and civilians.The occupying and rogue Zionist Israel regime has violated Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty, attacking multiple loca­tions, including residential areas in Tehran and other cities in Iran.As a result, several of Iran's noblest patriots-defenders of its dignity, sovereignty, and scientific progress-alongside innocent civil­ians including women and children, were martyred.Simultaneously, targeted assassi­nations of Iranian military officials and scientists in Tehran constitute state terrorism.

The regime's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has openly claimed responsibility, admitting to these heinous crimes.Among the targets was the Na­tanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities-safeguarded IAEA sites.

These at­tacks endangered civilian lives and risked a radiological catastrophe, undermining the non-proliferation regime and the IAEA's mission.These actions violate Iran's sov­ereignty, constitute aggression and war crimes under international law, and blatantly breach Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.This principle is one of the main pillars of the international legal or­der established after World War II.

Regardless of the current unstable state of the global system, this rule remains valid, and the attack by the Zionist Israel regime on Iran is a clear aggression lacking any legal legitimacy making it another example of Israel's destabilising behaviour, now crossing every red line.The use of concepts such as "pre-emptive" or "preventive" attack, especially without the ap­proval of the Security Council, has no legal legitimacy and is merely a political pretext for violating the sovereignty of states.An attack on nuclear facilities is associated with serious risks to civilian lives and the environment and can be pursued as a "war crime" in international forums.According to Article 56 of the First Protocol of the Geneva Conventions, attacks on dangerous force production centres, such as nuclear reactors, are prohibited.