\nHis Excellency Mr. Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n
Her Excellency Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO<\/strong><\/p>\n Subject:<\/strong>\u00a0Urgent Appeal for Action Regarding Israeli Regime\u2019s Unlawful Military Aggression Against Iran<\/p>\n Your Excellencies,<\/strong><\/p>\n The undersigned submits this formal protest regarding the Israeli regime\u2019s sustained unlawful aggressions against Iran since 13 June 2025, constituting severe breaches of international law under the UN Charter. These systematic attacks endanger regional stability, civilian lives, ecological integrity, and global cultural heritage, escalating beyond mere geopolitical conflict into an international existential threat. The deliberate targeting of civilians, residential areas, and sovereign institutions undermines the international legal order, risking irreversible catastrophe. The situation demands urgent intervention before diplomatic and mitigative capacities are exhausted. It is earnestly urged that this appeal be regarded not as a matter of routine procedure, but as a solemn and final urgent call to action\u2014one that necessitates the immediate and coordinated mobilisation of all juridical, diplomatic, and institutional capacities, in order to prevent the onset of an irreversible systemic disintegration of international institutional legitimacy and credibility.<\/p>\n Verified data confirm a systematic and deliberate aggression targeting Iran\u2019s civilian population and critical infrastructure. This is not incidental warfare, but a calculated strategy designed to dismantle the functional pillars of civilian life\u2014most gravely in the domains of healthcare, education, scientific advancement, energy, and cultural preservation.<\/p>\n To date, the Israeli regime\u2019s aggressions across Iran have killed over 415 people and injured around 1,550, with civilians accounting for 90% of the casualties. The majority of the dead are women and children, and the attacks have also intentionally targeted prominent scientists and senior military officials. Strikes on residential zones, hospitals, research centres, and religious sites illustrate a pattern of indiscriminate violence carried out in the absence of legitimate military imperative.<\/p>\n As of the moment of this appeal, the Israeli regime\u2019s forces have carried out 125 strikes across residential areas, civilian, governmental, scientific, industrial, and military sectors. The wide geographic scope and repeated attacks indicate a coordinated escalation that constitutes a grave violation of the principles of \u201cdistinction\u201d and \u201cproportionality\u201d under international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n Material losses are extensive as well. Immediate physical damage is estimated at $3.2\u20134.9 billion, with long-term economic losses surpassing $10 billion due to infrastructure collapse and oil revenue decline. The destruction of key installations\u2014including airports, water treatment facilities, refineries, and nuclear sites\u2014has paralysed essential services and public life.<\/p>\n The Israeli regime\u2019s sustained pattern of aggression observed constitutes a series of grave breaches\u2014not only of the Charter of the United Nations but also of international humanitarian law, the laws of armed conflict, and universally recognised human rights norms. These actions have constituted a serious violation of the principle of national sovereignty and have had catastrophic consequences for civilian life, infrastructure, and international stability.<\/p>\n In view of the grave and escalating violations set out above, and in accordance with the legal and moral responsibilities vested in the bodies under your jurisdiction, we urge the immediate implementation of the following measures to uphold international law and avert irreversible harm to global order and the international society:<\/p>\n This is not a national crisis, nor a regional matter but a grave assault on the legal and moral order underpinning our universal, shared foundations of international and civilisational law. Silence and inaction now ushers in an irreversible deterioration of the international order, endangering peace, knowledge, and the survival of humanity itself \u2014 a reality that has united the noble people of Iran in steadfast support for their nation and in profound moral revulsion toward the Zionist regime.<\/p>\n Now is the moment to contain it\u2014decisively, lawfully, and without delay.<\/p>\n We urge Your Excellencies to act.<\/p>\n Respectfully submitted,<\/strong><\/p>\n 21 June 2025<\/p>\n Professor Saied Reza Ameli (IRAN)<\/strong><\/p>\n Head of the UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual-spacisation of the World (UCCC)<\/p>\n (UNESCO No. 2015IR1107), Dean of Faculty of Studies \u2013 University of Tehran<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor at the University of Tehran<\/em><\/p>\n Chair of Islamic Human Rights Commission-London<\/em>, <\/em>consultative status at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n former UN Special Commission weapons inspector<\/em><\/p>\n Political Scientist and son of Holocaust-survivor parents<\/p>\n Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University<\/em> and former UN Special Rapporteur<\/p>\n President of the UN General Assembly<\/em> 2002-2003, former Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n Former Minister of Finance<\/em>, economist and professor at the University of London, <\/em>the University of Sydny <\/em>and the University of Athens<\/em><\/p>\n Former UNSG deputy<\/em> and ex-UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq<\/em><\/p>\n Former director of UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute <\/em>and UN Research Institute on Crime and Drugs<\/em>, former ambassador in <\/em>Tehran and Beijing, president of the Centre for Contemporary China Studies in Italy<\/em><\/p>\n Former UN Assistant Secretary-General<\/em> and ex-UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPeace Mom\u201d, Antiwar Activist and author, 2012 vice-presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party<\/em><\/p>\n Retired general<\/em> of the Italian Army<\/p>\n 2016 G<\/em>reen Party<\/em> nominee for Vice President, Director of Black Alliance for Peace <\/em><\/p>\n Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government, Former deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, former Member of Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n Former advisor to the General Commanding the UN Force in South Lebanon<\/p>\n Former Military Advisor to the Secretary General\u00a0of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe<\/em><\/p>\n former Member of the European Parliament<\/em>,<\/em> Politician<\/p>\n former Member of the European Parliament<\/em>,<\/em> Politician<\/p>\n former Member of the<\/em> Scottish Parliament,<\/em> Politician<\/p>\n Theoretical Physicist and Philosopher of Science, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain<\/em><\/p>\n former D<\/em>iplomat<\/em>, Attorney and Counselor at Law<\/p>\n founder and Director of\u00a0Alternative Radio<\/em> (heard on 250 radio stations worldwide), Writer<\/p>\n 2002 Libertarian Party<\/em> nominee for Vice President, former Mayor of Bellflower<\/em>, California, <\/em>Libertarian Candidate for California Governor<\/em> in 2006<\/p>\n former vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n Philosopher and ICREA<\/em> Research Professor at the Pompeu Fabra University<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Appointed by Nelson Mandela<\/em> as gender-equality commissioner<\/em> Head of the Department of Religion Studies at the University of Johannesburg<\/em> and former professor at Harvard University<\/em><\/p>\n Former imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, <\/em>Former Resident Scholar of the Islamic Center of New York University<\/em><\/p>\n Former Deputy Prime Minister and former deputy of parliament for almost 2 decades<\/p>\n Former Deputy Minister<\/em> of Housing and Local Government<\/p>\n Co-director of the International Action Center <\/em>and Secretariat Member of the Workers World Party<\/em><\/p>\n Chairman of the Alliance of World Mosque in Defence of Al Aqsa, <\/em>former President of the Malaysian Ulama Association <\/em><\/p>\n Executive Director of\u00a0World Beyond War<\/em>, Antiwar activist<\/p>\n Member of Parliament <\/em>who represents the National Trust Party, former Political Secretary to the Ministers of Domestic Trade and Living Costs<\/em><\/p>\n Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History<\/em> and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability<\/em> at Bethlehem University<\/em><\/p>\n Member of Parliament, <\/em>member of National Trust Party<\/em><\/p>\n Historical Anthropologist and Professor of American studies, religious studies, and ethnicity, race, and migration at Yale University<\/em>,<\/em> documentary filmmaker<\/p>\n Member of Parliament, <\/em>member of National Trust Party<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Ottawa<\/em>, Director of Centre for Research on Globalization<\/em><\/li>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Professor Emeritus of Economics at of Persian studies at the University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/li>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>Sociologist and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/li>\n\n
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