Tehran, June 20 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei on Saturday sharply condemned what he described as "arrogant defiance" and the "impunity" granted to Israel following a heated confrontation at the United Nations involving Israel's ambassador and a senior UN official.
"This shameful exhibition of arrogant defiance; against reason, law, morality, and justice - is yet another inevitable result of the absolute impunity bestowed upon an apartheid terrorist regime by its enablers. This regime continues its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people and throughout the region with utter disregard for all civilized norms," Baqaei said, referring to the clash that unfolded during a UN meeting in New York marking the Inte...