BRAZEN ATTACK ON INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE ISRAELI REGIME VIS-À-VIS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ITS ACT OF AGGRESSION ON 13 JU

BRAZEN ATTACK ON INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE ISRAELI REGIME VIS-À-VIS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ITS ACT OF AGGRESSION ON 13 JUNE 2025 INITIAL REPORT[1]   Introduction On the early morning of 13 June 2025 the Zionist regime led by a criminal Prime Minister under arrest warrant of the ICC in an egregious act of aggression launched unprovoked and large-scale armed attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran in blatant defiance of the Charter of the United Nations and several tenets of international law. As a result of deliberate targeting of and directing attacks against civilians in densely populated areas hundreds of civilians including women children scientists elites and university lecturers as well as senior military officers of State outside active hostilities lost their lives and thousands of civilians were injured. [1]  The present report is prepared with the aim of illustrating instances of the ongoing violations of international law by the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran since13 June 2025.

BRAZEN ATTACK ON INTERNATIONAL LAW

BY THE ISRAELI REGIME

VIS-À-VIS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ITS ACT OF AGGRESSION
ON 13 JUNE 2025

INITIAL REPORT[1]

 

Introduction

1. On the early morning of 13 June 2025, the Zionist regime led by a criminal Prime Minister under arrest warrant of the ICC, in an egregious act of aggression launched unprovoked and large-scale armed attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran in blatant defiance of the Charter of the United Nations and several tenets of international law.
2. As a result of deliberate targeting of, and directing attacks against, civilians in densely populated areas, hundreds of civilians including women, children, scientists, elites, and university lecturers as well as senior military officers of State outside active hostilities lost their lives, and thousands of civilians were injured.

Part I. IRAN’S RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING AGGRESSIONS

3. The Israeli regime’s acts of aggression in such a scale is an egregious crime of aggression. The Israeli armed attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructures including but not limited to hospitals, houses, residential areas, media centers, nuclear installations, oil refineries, and oil and gas depots are a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, including Article 2(4) thereof and the UN General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) of 1970 which prohibit the threat or use of force. According to Article 5(2) of the previously mentioned resolution, a war of aggression is a crime against international peace, for which there is responsibility under international law.
4. The invasion of Iran by the armed forces of the Israeli regime, the bombardment and the use of weapons against the territory of Iran, attack on its land and air forces, as well as agents, which carry out acts of armed force against Iran of such gravity amounting to the aforesaid acts, or its substantial involvement therein, are act of aggression listed in Article 3 of the UN General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 1974.[2]
5. Lame justifications for aggression against a State under any fabricated nomenclature, such as the so-called "preemptive self-defense",[3] has no place in international law, and Article 51 of the United Nations Charter limits the right to self-defense to situations where an armed attack has occurred against another State.
6. The armed attack by the Israeli regime against Iran constitutes an "act of aggression" and is considered a violation of the peremptory norm of "prohibition of aggression", which is strictly prohibited under any circumstances. Moreover, under the law of State responsibility – which will be further addressed hereinunder - third States are not allowed to recognize as lawful a situation created by breach of this peremptory norm nor render aid or assistance in maintaining such a situation.
7. In the exercise of its inherent right to self-defense, as reaffirmed in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted defensive operations directed at military objectives and associated infrastructure within the occupied territories under the illegal control of the Israeli regime.
8. The exercise of this inherent right will continue until the UN Security Council takes the necessary measures to maintain international peace and security.

 

Part II. VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

9. Wanton, reckless and indiscriminate attacks launched by the Zionist regime against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Iran constitute grave breaches of the well-established principles and rules contained in the corpus of international humanitarian law (IHL) and as crystalized into custom, and therefore, must be prosecuted as "war crimes". These include the following:

A) Prohibition of attacks on civilians and civilian objects

10. Numerous attacks have been directed against civilians and civilian objects, since the start of aggression to the Iranian territory, a few instances of which are addressed hereunder.
11. Following the Israeli regime's attack on the Shahid Chamran residential area in Tehran on 13 June 2025, 60 residents of a 14-story building were martyred, 20 of whom were children. The attack resulted in the complete destruction of the building.
12. On 13 June 2025, in a missile attack on buildings affiliated with the State Welfare Organization of Iran (a.k.a the Behzisti Organization) and the Arbaeen Headquarters at the Khosravi border in Ghasr-e-Shirin City of Kermanshah Province, 1 civilian was killed and 24 others were injured.[4]
13. Ever since, similar deliberate attacks have been directed against other residential buildings,[5] State TV station with journalists at work inside, five hospitals and relief vehicles leading to the death and injury of several protected persons.
14. From the early morning of 14 June 2025, Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, a civilian airport, has been frequently targeted by the Zionist regime.[6] On the following day, another civilian airport, Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport in Mashhad[7] were targeted by the Zionist regime. Also on 18 June 2025, Payam Airport in Karaj was targeted by Israeli regime's missile.
15. On 14 June 2025, the Martyr Monument of Shahid Tondgooyan in Abadan was targeted by the Zionist regime.[8]
16. On 15 June 2025, an Israeli regime’s drone hit the dormitory of students in Keshavarz Boulevard of Tehran.[9] On the same day, missile attacks were launched against two oil fields in Bushehr province, namely, the Phase 14 platform of South Pars gas field and the Fajr Jam gas refinery,[10] as well as oil and gasoline depots in south and west of Tehran, with the latter resulting in electricity power cut in Shahran neighborhood.[11]
17. With regard to the attacks on oil fields, it should be added that these attacks constitute a flagrant violation of international obligations under the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, which require States Parties to ensure the security of port facilities and take preventive measures against external threats. Article 1 of the SOLAS Convention further underscores the obligation of States to maintain safe conditions for ships and port infrastructure.
18. On 14 June 2025, Israeli regime's missiles also targeted Malek Ashtar University of Tehran. On 15 June 2025, one of the buildings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was targeted which inflicted injuries to the civilians at site and the building itself.[12]
19. Zionist regime’s deliberate attacks have also targeted commercial and industrial facilities as well. On 15 June 2025, missile attacks on a carpet shopping mall in Isfahan (Shahr-e-Farsh),[13] a private automobile manufacturing factory in Boroujerd (Farda Motors),[14] and a pharmaceutics factory in Tehran (Kimidaroo).[15]
20. On the morning of 15 June 2025, Zionist regime’s missile attacks on two stables in a horse racing breeding center in the Olympic village of Kermanshah, resulted in the killing of around 50 horses which were mainly used in breeding programs, national training, as well as national and international competitions.[16]
21. On 17 June 2025, an Israeli regime’s rocket hit a checkpoint in Kashan, killing three people and injuring four others.[17] On the same day, the Israeli regime struck a residential building in Tehran, leaving three civilians injured.[18]
22. Despite the preposterous slogan of the Zionist regime that "it has nothing to do with the Iranian people and its targets are only military", according to the Iranian Ministry of Health, only 65 hours after the Zionist regime’s aggression, 1,481 were injured and martyred, of whom more than 90 % were civilians. According to the same authority, as of June 22, 2025, the number of injured civilians have passed 3000, with 500 hospitalized and 450 undergoing surgeries.[19] These abhorrent assaults have also resulted in the tragic loss of many innocent civilian lives – including women and children – and members of medical staff of hospitals as well as medical and relief forces of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS). On 16 and 18 June 2025, two pregnant women with their unborn babies were killed.[20]
23. Rayan Ghasemian, a two-months-old baby, was among the martyrs of the Zionist regime's indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on 13 June 2025, whose family members are hospitalized due to severe 40% to 80% TBSA burn.[21]
24. Nevertheless, manslaughter of children is the profession and established practice of the Zionist regime, as the world is still merely witnessing the ongoing genocide in Gaza mostly against children.

[1]  The present report is prepared with the aim of illustrating instances of the ongoing violations of international law by the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran since13 June 2025.

[2] It is understood that the aforenoted resolution clarifies that the definition of aggression therein applies regardless of questions of recognition or UN membership. Hence, it is not contradictory to the long stance of Iran regarding not recognizing the Zionist regime’s legitimacy as a State. The resolution further clarifies that no political, economic, military, or other consideration can serve as a justification for aggression

[3] https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-military-action-iran-coming-days-sources/story?id=122776202

[4] https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1722947/

[5] https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/62/4188400; https://www.irna.ir/news/85864169.

[6] https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1311555.

[7] https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/62/4188574.

[8] https://www.irna.ir/news/85862525/

[9] https://borna.news/009LyQ

[10] https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/62/4188400.

[11] https://www.nournews.ir/fa/news/228477.

[12] https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1311879.

[13] https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6500677.

[14] https://nournews.ir/fa/news/228394.

[15] https://snn.ir/005Ldj

[16] https://nournews.ir/n/228561

[17] https://aje.io/gn5i1t?update=3780681

[18] https://aje.io/gn5i1t?update=3780747

[19] https://tn.ai/3338831

[20] https://snai.ir/1232232; https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/fa/tiny/news-4189318

[21] https://irna.ir/xjTS2n