TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York has said the meddlesome statements of US President Donald Trump are obviously inciting violence in the Islamic Republic and warned Washington against any miscalculation of resorting to military aggression against the Islamic Republic.

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Security Council President Samuel Zbogar on Tuesday, Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Trump has threatened to attack Iran in violation of international law.

In a post on his Truth Social account on Tuesday, Trump once again provoked violence in Iran, writing, “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING — TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! … HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”

Earlier, Trump had made similar provocative remarks following the protests in Iran, causing the peaceful protests to turn violent at the cost of the lives of at least more than 100 security forces. 

Iravani said Trump’s reckless comments clearly incite political instability and fall within Washington’s regime-change policy in Iran in tandem with his maximum pressure campaign in form of illegal economic sanctions.

He also warned that the US and the Israeli regime are directly responsible for the deaths of innocent Iranian citizens, particularly the youth, in the recent protests. 

The protests in Iran began peacefully on December 28 in Tehran’s Bazaar. However, the protests turned violent on January 8-10, 2026, as hooligans, Mossad agents and terrorists misused the situation and derailed people’s grievances about the depreciation of the national currency and the ensuing high inflation rate. 

The following is the text of the letter posted on the IRNA website:  
Upon the instructions of my Government, I wish to draw your immediate attention to a statement made today by the President of the United States, in which he openly incites violence inside Iran and threatens military intervention. Addressing Iranian protesters, he stated: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING — TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! … HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”

This reckless statement explicitly encourages political destabilization, incites and invites violence, and threatens the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It constitutes a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international law enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat or use of force under Article 2(4) and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of States under Article 2(7). This interventionist rhetoric forms part of a continuing and escalating pattern aimed at political destabilization by the President of the United States over the recent weeks, during which he has repeatedly threatened the use of force against Iran, as documented in our previous communications dated 30 December 2025, 2 January 2026, and 9 January 2026.

The statement explicitly made today by the President of the United States, calling for the “taking over of institutions,” must be understood in the context of the failure of the 12-day war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran in June 2025, and as an integral component of a broader regime-change policy pursued through the so-called “maximum pressure” campaign, the escalation of unlawful unilateral sanctions, deliberate social and economic destabilization, the systematic spread of insecurity, and the incitement of young people to confront the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States and the Israeli regime bear direct and undeniable legal responsibility for the resulting loss of innocent civilian lives, particularly among the youth.

In light of these flagrant violations of the Charter of the United Nations and international law by the United States and their grave consequences on the regional and international peace and security, the Islamic Republic of Iran urgently calls upon:
1. The Secretary-General, the Security Council, and, in particular, its responsible members to fulfill their Charter-based responsibilities by unequivocally condemning all forms of incitement to violence, threats to use force, and interference in Iran’s internal affairs by the United States; urge the U.S. and the Israeli regime to immediately cease destabilizing policies and practices and to comply fully with their obligations under international law; and warn the U.S. against any possible miscalculations to conduct any acts of military aggression against the Islamic republic of Iran; and

2. All Member States to refrain from provocative and irresponsible statements or actions that violate the Charter of the United Nations, including the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated as an official document of the Security Council.