In separate letters to the UN Chief, Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Larijani referred to grave humanitarian situation in Yemen and called for serious action of the UN to put an end to the Saudi crime of aggression on Yemen.
Larijani has in the letters urged Ban and Ra'ad Al Hussein to discharge their duty as per Rome Statute 1998 criminalizing use of force and aggression on sovereign nations.
He highlighted accountability of perpetrators of aggression and use of force before The Hague-based International Criminal Court.
Larijani expressed outrage at killing of more than 3000 people, including 700 women and children, and maiming more than 10,000 innocent civilians by Saudi air strikes.
Larijani said as Article 23 of the Geneva Convension IV, the International Humanitarian Law obliged the governments to allow free shipment of medical and food supplies to the people trapped in conflict.
He said that the IHL 1949 envisaged respect for the people's right to have food and drinking water in the course of armed conflicts.
Many Yemeni citizens are incapable of meeting their main food requirements, said the official, adding that practices of the coalition formed against Yemen are flagrant instances of violation of Article 54 of the first additional protocol to the four Geneva Convensions and are considered war crimes and crime against humanity based on the IHL 1949.
He said that refusal to allow shipment of humanitarian supplies will be collective punishment of the Yemeni people.
Larijani said any intervention on part of any government or coalition is manifest breach of the Rome Statue 1998.
'I should recall that use of force in any form is forbidden under the international law.'
By IRNA
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