NEW YORK, 18 March. - (ANA) - Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to "lawless aggression", and said its citizens were in "grave danger" from US and Israeli strikes.

 

At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where countries were discussing the rights situation in Iran - notably following its deadly crackdown on protesters in recent months - Tehran said the focus instead should be on the Middle East war.

 

"The most urgent and fundamental human rights issue concerning Iran is the imminent threat to the lives of 90 million people whose lives are in immediate and grave danger under the shadow of reckless military aggression," said Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva.

 

He called it "an aggression that is carried out by some of the most lawless and unscrupulous actors on the international stage".

 

Additionally, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that some oil ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz would be allowed to pass.

 

Araghchi also said the Strait of Hormuz would only be closed to "enemies and those supporting their aggression".

 

Their remarks come as the US-Israeli aggression on Iran has halted most shipping traffic through the strategic strait, leaving tankers and other vessels stranded and raising alarm over global energy supplies.   - (ANA) -

 

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