Iran warns of Israeli plots in Syria amid its own anxieties over lost leverage
Beneath Iran's warning at the United Nations lies a deeper strategic concern, as its long-standing influence is under unprecedented strain in the post-Assad landscape.
TEHRAN — Iran has sounded a stark alarm at the United Nations over Israel's expanding military footprint in Syria, framing Israeli actions as a deliberate campaign to fragment the country and destabilize the region.
Addressing a UN Security Council session on Syria on Thursday, Iran's ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, accused Israel of pursuing a calculated strategy to "occupy, disintegrate and weaken" Syria, warning that Israeli actions constituted "a direct threat to regional peace and security."
Published on the Iran UN mission's official website, Iravani's statement strongly condemned "Israel's unlawful incursion into the town of Beit Jan," referring to a Nov. 28 Israeli operation in southern Syria.
He said the attack killed 13 civilians, including women and children, wounded dozens more, and displaced residents through what he described as "deliberate and indiscriminate shelling of civilian homes."
