Iran’s UN envoy wrote to the UN Secretary-General that “the Israeli regime has recently not only doubled down on its provocative, warmongering statements against the Islamic Republic of Iran, but has also been planning to carry out its belligerent threats against Iran”. “We are entitled to self-defence and respond definitely to any threat or wrong”, he added, while insisting that “the Israeli regime must shoulder full responsibility for the consequences of its unbridled, wrong actions”.