Syria accused Israel on Monday of an assault on Iran’s diplomatic consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
The Syrian Ministry of Protection said the alleged assault happened at 5:00 PM native time with quite a few missiles fired from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It claims that a number of missiles had been “shot down,” with the remaining missiles fully destroying the consulate and killing everybody inside. The Islamic Republic Information Company (IRNA), the state-run information company of Iran, stated that every one diplomatic employees had been secure.
Iranian Overseas Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the assault. He mentioned the assault was a “gross violation” of worldwide regulation. Below the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, diplomatic employees are thought-about “inviolable.” Nevertheless, the plain language of the Conference usually applies to the “sending” and “receiving” states engaged in relations and never a 3rd social gathering. Conversely, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons states that the “official premises, the non-public lodging or the technique of transport” of diplomatic employees are shielded from assault. The textual content of the Conference’s articles states the provisions apply to all member states. Israel, Iran and Syria are signatories or events to each conventions.
The destruction of the Iranian consulate is certainly one of a number of current assaults in Syria. In accordance with the Syrian Ministry of Protection, Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Damascus on Sunday, killing two, and close to Aleppo on Thursday. Syrian officers accused Israel of conducting the assaults in “an try to focus on civilians.”
Israel has not commented on the alleged assaults.
A March 11 UN report urged quick motion in Syria to stem escalating violence. The report said that the battle in Gaza between Iranian-supported Hamas and Israel threatened to spill over into Syria, a political and army ally of Iran.
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