TEHRAN- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has said that Israel’s assassination of the senior Iranian official, Kamal Kharrazi, reflects a deliberate pattern of criminal conduct aimed at silencing advocates of peaceful engagement and systematically undermining diplomatic pathways.

The ambassador made the remarks in a letter to the UN secretary-general and the UN Security Council president on Friday, a day after Karrazi, who was the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, passed away from wounds he sustained in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Tehran on April 1. His wife lost her life on the spot.

Iravani called the Israeli attack “a heinous terrorist act and a horrific crime” that represented a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly the right to life.

Kharrazi, who also served as foreign minister and Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, resolutely demonstrated a strong commitment to international law, the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, and multilateral diplomacy, particularly the peaceful settlement of disputes as a cornerstone of international peace and security, Iravani said.
Accordingly, his assassination is not only an unlawful deprivation of the life of a civilian, but also an attack on diplomacy and the fundamental foundations of peaceful international engagement, he added.

Kharrazi’s assassination once again demonstrates that the Israeli regime regards any voice, at the regional or international level, that supports peace, dialogue, and diplomacy as being in conflict with its unlawful, destructive, and destabilizing objectives, said Iravani.

According to the Iranian envoy, the assassination also reflects a deliberate pattern of Israeli criminal conduct aimed at silencing advocates of peaceful engagement and systematically undermining diplomatic channels.

Kamal Kharrazi, a veteran Iranian diplomat and former Foreign Minister, was targeted in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on his residence in Tehran on April 1, 2026. He was 81 years old at the time. The attack occurred during a widespread U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran that had begun on February 28, 2026.

Dr. Kharrazi was critically wounded in the strike and was immediately hospitalized. The attack also resulted in the immediate martyrdom of his wife, Mansoureh Raees Qassem.

After succumbing to his severe injuries, Dr. Kharrazi attained martyrdom on Thursday, April 9, 2026. He is described by officials as a "tireless soldier of diplomacy" who dedicated his life to the country's foreign policy.