Gharibabadi: National security takes precedence over international law considerations

Ghariabadi: In wartime conditions, national security takes precedence over ordinary international law considerations The Strait of Hormuz should not be turned into a platform for threatening Iran’s national security Iran has no intention of encroaching on Oman’s sovereignty Kazem Ghariabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, in a special interview… Ghariabadi: Iran’s response to the United States should not be proportionate, but should be deterrent If the United States wants to take such action against Iran and subject the country to military attacks, given that it also violated understandings on Lebanon, did not stop military operations, and as a result many civilians were killed, how do you think the Islamic Republic of Iran should respond? Should Iran, like the United States and Israel, resort to broad military attacks? In my view, U.S. actions are barbaric and criminal, and this very issue should shape the way we formulate our responses and reactions. I do not even believe we should speak merely of a “proportionate response.” Why should our response be only proportionate? If the United States, under the pretext of three commercial vessels, attacks hundreds of targets militarily, should our response also be limited to that same level and proportionate to its action? The reality is that the U.S. response in such cases is many times greater than the other side’s action; not merely tenfold, but sometimes thousands of times greater. Therefore, in the face of American aggression…