News - Middle East: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the US and Israeli aggression against Iran, calling it a severe blow to diplomacy, the rule of law, and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regime.

Araghchi made the remarks in an address to the 17th summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.

He said the Israeli regime’s 12-day unprovoked "military, terrorist strikes" have been carried out with the support, collaboration and eventual participation of the United States.

He added that the Israeli unlawful attack against Iran violated the UN Charter, which killed and injured more than 6,000 innocent people and damaged infrastructures, residential areas and nuclear facilities in Iran.

“The US/Israeli attacks on our nuclear facilities were in stark violation of NPT and the UNSR resolution 2231 that has endorsed Iran's peaceful nuclear program in 2015 by consensus,” the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.

“The US's subsequent involvement in this aggression by targeting Iran's peaceful nuclear installations has left no doubt as to the full complicity of the American government in Israel's war of aggression against Iran,” he added.

On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders and nuclear scientists.

On June 22, the United States officially joined Israel’s war of aggression against Iran by launching attacks on three nuclear facilities in the country in violation of the United Nations Charter and the NPT.

On June 24, the Israeli regime, isolated and abandoned, declared a unilateral halt to its aggression, announced on its behalf by US President Donald Trump.

Source: Press TV