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All US, Israeli assets in region are legitimate military targets, Iran tells UN

In a stark formal escalation of the widening Middle East conflict, Iran has officially notified the United Nations that it considers all U.S. and Israeli bases, facilities, and assets in the region to be "legitimate military objectives."

Reuters WORLD
Published February 28,2026
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Iran considers all U.S. and Israeli bases, ⁠facilities, ⁠and assets in the region to ⁠be "legitimate military objectives," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the United Nations Security Council ⁠and ⁠Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a letter on Saturday.

"Iran will continue to exercise ⁠its right of self-defense decisively and without hesitation until the aggression ⁠ceases fully ‌and ‌unequivocally," he ⁠wrote ‌in the letter ⁠seen by Reuters.