In a post on his X account on Thursday, Baqaei responded to Antonio Guterres’ recent remarks expressing concern over the growing disregard for international law, expanding impunity and escalating confrontation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
The Iranian spokesman argued that the United Nations cannot effectively uphold its founding principles without directly condemning those responsible, warning that continued inaction could leave the organization facing the same fate as the League of Nations.<\/p>\n
\u201cUNSG Antonio Guterres (23 July 2026): -\u2018We see an alarming disregard for international law;<\/p>\n
-Impunity is spreading; – Violations are going unanswered; each violation unanswered becomes the next violation\u2019s precedent; – Trust is eroding; negotiated settlements are becoming harder to reach and maintain; – When parties prioritize military solutions over negotiated settlements, civilians pay the heaviest toll; – We see this on full display in the Middle East, with devastating consequences in the region and across the globe; – The region is being pulled into an ever-widening circle of confrontation\u2019,\u201d Baqaei wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are absolutely right, Mr. Secretary-General. But why don\u2019t you call a spade a spade? Why do you refuse to name the two primary culprits \u2014 the US and Israel? Why do you shy away from condemning those who have provided absolute impunity to the perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression?\u201d the Iranian spokesman reminded the UN chief.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is high time you shoulder your responsibility and help prevent the United Nations and its normative system from sharing the same fate as the League of Nations,\u201d Baqaei said, addressing Guterres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a post on his X account on Thursday, Baqaei responded to Antonio Guterres’ recent remarks expressing concern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-568252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}