The call by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi came during a ministerial SCO meeting hosted by the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow Thursday.
In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, Trump threatened Iranians with "bombing the likes of which they have never seen before” if Tehran did not make a deal with the United States.
“This dangerous and reckless statement is in contravention of international law and core principles of the UN Charter, particularly Article 2(4) which explicitly prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of others," Takht Ravanchi said.
"We have called on the UN Security Council to condemn this egregious behavior and to take the necessary measures to maintain international peace and security,” he added.
In a letter sent to the UN chief and the president of the Security Council on Monday, Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani warned that the Security Council's failure to act against the threats risks catastrophic consequences not only for the region but also for international peace and security.
On Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that the Islamic Republic would “swiftly and decisively” respond to any aggression on its territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national interests.
In his address to the SCO meeting, Takht Ravanchi touched on the “Shanghai Spirit” which opposes any threats to global peace and security, while its charter upholds core principles such as respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.
“It is in this context that, we believe, it is high time for our organization to issue a statement, condemning the threat to use force against a member state and calling on the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities to maintain international peace and security,” he said.
Representing nearly half of the world’s population, the SCO today covers vast regions with high geopolitical and geo-economic importance, and enjoys truly huge economic, industrial, technical, and trade capacities, Takht Ravanchi said.
He called on the bloc to develop a comprehensive plan to meaningfully enhance its deserved standing at the international stage "to ensure that the SCO is well-prepared to fully engage in making and shaping the new international order".
"Such a plan must focus, first and foremost, on ensuring the full realization of the most precious common good for each and every member of the Organization, namely peace, security and stability," he said.
Takht Ravanchi also cited unlawful sanctions applied against developing states by the Western countries, saying an "unequivocal rejection of any and all unilateral coercive measures including unilateral sanctions must also be another focus area for our Organization".
"By weaponizing food, medicine and other much needed goods, Western States use unilateral sanctions as a tool to destroy, disturb and disrupt freedom of trade among nations," he said.
"Unilateral sanctions target the most vulnerable segments of the targeted societies the most, and by any measure, are inhumane and criminal."
Founded in mid-June 2001 in Shanghai, China’s biggest city and a global financial hub, by China and Russia, the SCO is a diplomatic organization with ten members, namely Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, and the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Being a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defense bloc, the SCO boasts to be the world's largest regional organization in terms of geographic scope and population, grouping around 40 percent of the world population in approximately 60 percent of Eurasia.
The combined GDP of the SCO accounts for approximately 20 percent of the world's total, and with Iran becoming a full member in July 2023, the bloc will have control over around 20 percent of the world’s oil reserves.
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