Iranian Envoy in India rejects Trump’s claims of US control over Iranian skies

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Description: New Delhi, June 18, 2025 (ANI): As US President Trump claimed ‘complete and total control’ of the skies over Iran, Iranian Deputy Chief of Mission in India said that there’s ‘no truth’ in that.While speaking on the Iran-Israel conflict, Iranian Deputy Chief of Mission in India, Mohammad Javad Hosseini, said, “... The truth is that since 13th June, we were attacked by the Israeli regime in an aggression which is a flagrant violation of international law and a violation of the sovereignty of an independent state. It was highly expected that the free nations would condemn such aggression, a blatant international law violation. We are in a position to defend our people, our government, our country in the best way. We have shown that we are able and we will continue because we are under attack and we have to defend...Our retaliatory action is based on self-defence, which is enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which gives us this power to defend our people. The Israeli government and the Israeli officials officially announced some threats against Iranian high-ranking officials. They assassinated some of the Iranian military officials, which is totally against any regulations...”

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00:00We actually, we are in position to defend our people, our government, our country, in the best way.

00:07We are under attack. We have to defend.

00:10And our actual retaliatory action, it is based on the self-defense,

00:15which is enshrined in the Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

00:19We hope that America doesn't enter into this conflict,

00:23because it would be on the beneficiary of none of actually players in the region,

00:30Iran or Israel.

00:33And Iran actually expected, and still from the other countries,

00:39the friendly countries like India, to condemn these aggressions,

00:43apart from the Iran-Israel conflict.

00:45In a series of posts on his truth social,

00:48Trump had claimed that the United States had full control of Iranian airspace

00:53and warned that the country's top leader was within reach.

00:56Do you think Israel is looking for a regime change in Iran?

00:59Your comments on Trump's posts so far.

01:02As you mentioned, it is allegation, and there is no any truth.

01:06Since 13th of June, we were attacked by the Israeli regime as an aggression,

01:13which is a flagrant violation of international law

01:18and violation of sovereignty of one independent state.

01:23This is a matter that it was highly expected that the free nations of the government

01:32who are seeking the justice in the world to condemn such kind of the aggressions,

01:38which is a vibrant violation of the international law.

01:42We actually, we are in position to defend our people, our government, our country in the best way.

01:50We have shown that we are able and we will continue.

01:54Because we are under attack, we have to defend.

01:58And our actual retaliation action, it is based on the self-defense which is enshrined in the Article 51 of United Nations Charter,

02:07which gives us this power to defend our people.

02:11You know that the Israeli government, the Israeli officials, they officially announced some threats against Iranian high-ranking officials.

02:24They assassinated some of the Iranian military officials, which is totally against any regulations.

02:31For the, until now, you have been maybe informed that several rounds of the exchange of the,

02:41actually we can say missiles and drowns, what happened between two sides and that.

02:46But we are defending in a proper way, and we are confident in what we are doing.

02:54We will continue until this migration is going to be stopped.

02:58Is U.S.-Iran nuclear deal still on the cards, and how do you see Trump's role in the crisis as he calls for unconditional surrender?

03:09We were at the table, actually, at the negotiating table.

03:12It was the America who gave the green light to Israelis to have these military attacks against Iran.

03:20On the basis of even false accusation, they have made a lot of accusation, but there was no proof.

03:29But if there is any kind of allegations, it should go through the, we can say, some mechanism,

03:35which is considered, actually it has been considered by the international organization like the UN.

03:40But they just bypassed everything, and with the help of Americans, to destroy these negotiations.

03:48We are still, we are at the table of negotiation, but nobody can force us to do whatever they want.

03:55They cannot tell us to stop it or to continue the war or defending ourselves.

04:00We hope that America doesn't enter in this conflict, because it would be on the beneficiary of none of, actually, players in the region,

04:12Iran or Israel, or even those who are in the region.

04:17This is our decision, that to defend until it is necessary.

04:22Recently, our external affairs minister, Jayashankar, spoke to your foreign minister.

04:29How was the conversation, what was all discussed, and how do you see India's role in this conflict?

04:34Yes.

04:35After starting these military attacks, they had a conversation.

04:41And Iran actually expected, and still from the other countries, the friendly countries like India,

04:48to condemn these aggressions, apart from the Iran-Israel conflict.

04:53Because the aggression by itself, it is violation of the international law.

04:57Nobody can make a kind of excuse to attack the other countries.

05:02Because even if there is even imminent threat, they should have the proof.

05:08Israel didn't have.

05:08You know that based on these issues, even the IEA director, I mean Mr. Garusi, he had the interview last night with the CNN.

05:20He mentioned we didn't have any proof for diversion or any kind of thing shows Iran is going for the nuclear weapons

05:29or whatever it is they are claiming.

05:31It means this is the double standard, this is the kind of hypocrisy that they are making in this matter

05:39to show that Iran is looking for something which is illegal, which is against any MPT, we can say, agreement that we have it.

05:51We also have concerns regarding the Indian students who are studying in Tehran, and we have seen that, you know,

05:59what is the latest update on evacuation of Indian students from Tehran?

06:03How is Iran coordinating with India?

06:06Actually, that our Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, with your embassy, I mean Indian embassy in Tehran,

06:13they had a very good cooperation.

06:14As far as we know, that the Iranians had provided the ground, the safest ground for the Indian students to be evacuated safely

06:23through some borders of another country, I mean the third country, that they can come back to India.

06:31Here I think it is necessary to mention that these kind of the actions for military aggressions of Israeli,

06:40which targeting the hospitals, kindergartens, and the others also affected the Indian students.

06:47They were also targeted by the Israelis, just on the excuse of there is some suspicious activity regarding nuclear issues.

06:56You know that even they don't care about the lives of the people.

07:00But for us, it is important, the life of our people who are living inside the Iranian border.

07:06We do our best to protect the lives of the people.

07:15But from the other hand, it is also expected that those countries who actually play a big role in the international community,

07:23they put pressure on the Israelis by condemning these kind of actions

07:26and to stop him from continuing such this kind of vicious actions against civilians,

07:34especially ladies and babies in the country.

07:39How are you coordinating with the Indians when it comes to evacuation?

07:42I think a lot of Indian students are coming to Armenia since the airspace is closed.

07:47You know that because the air, as you mentioned rightly, the airspace is closed due to security issues.

07:53The only it is on the, I mean, what we can say, by the car or the routes.

07:58We provide the safety for the transportation.

08:03Some of the students were located from Tehran to another city, which is safe.

08:07Safe, yes, comb, yes, exactly.

08:10To be away from the actually affected area, especially because Tehran is under the, we can say,

08:16these kind of the military aggressions.

08:19And is Iran talking to other countries as far as mediation is concerned?

08:25No, we didn't talk about mediation.

08:27We ask the international community, including India, to stop these aggressions,

08:34because these aggressions, it is not beneficial for anybody.

08:38In a series of posts on his truth social,

08:42Trump had claimed that the United States had full control of Iranian airspace

08:46and warned that the country's top leader was within reach.

08:49Do you think Israel is looking for a regime change in Iran?

08:52Your comments on Trump's posts so far.

08:55As you mentioned, it is an allegation, and there is no any truth.

09:01Will this war have any impact on the Chabahar port as far as connectivity going on?

09:06No.

09:07So far, no.

09:08I don't think there would be any effect on that one,

09:10because that would be, we can say, far from the affected areas.

09:18And it will work properly, and we hope that it will continue.

09:23What are your expectations from India as far as this conflict is concerned?

09:29We actually expect from India as a country which has a rising power,

09:35and a country who actually is trying to be as a voice of the South countries,

09:41to play actually a more active role in this situation.

09:46Because India has a good relation with both sides, with Iran and Israel.

09:53And if this conflict continues, definitely India will be affected as well,

09:59because India, it is the importer of the oil.

10:03They wanted to use the active region, access to other countries,

10:07and also, actually, even for the students.

10:11And it is good that if India, as a collective actions with the international community,

10:19to put more pressure on Israel to accept and stop,

10:24because first of all, they should condemn and then stop him from doing,

10:29because if it continues, because if we don't want to go to another level of the escalation,

10:34I mean, just of this tension.

10:37But if it goes to the next level, definitely it will affect many other countries,

10:42and we don't want such a thing to happen.

10:44But as far as related to Iranian side, we are defending ourselves.

10:48Until there is an attack, definitely there will be defense.

10:51And this defense is based on the international, actually, we can say treaties,

10:57between international organizations like the UN Charter, whatever it is.

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