MNA � In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iran has condemned the Israeli regime for assisting terrorists in Syria.


�Israeli reckless action in�this instance only helped [ISIL] and other terrorist groups in�Syria. There is, indeed, enough evidence of�the Israeli support to�these terrorist groups� and this incident clearly demonstrates their destructive policy in�assisting those groups for�the purpose destabilizing the region,� wrote Iranian Ambassador to�the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo, in a letter addressed to Antonio Guterres, and revealed in parts by Sputnik.

Khoshroo was referring to the February 10 incident, in which Syria downed an F-16 fighter jet belonging to Israel, in response to the regime�s airstrikes on the Syrian Army positions.

The Israeli regime insists that the Feb. 10 airstrikes on Syria was due to an Iranian drone crossing into the Israeli-held Golan Heights; a claim that was refuted by Iranian officials.

�Contrary to�their made-up claim,� Khoshroo said, the drone �was neither armed nor had intention for�engagement or mission for�possible attack anywhere.�

�The Israeli regime invoked that instance for�a series of�so-called pre-emptive military attacks, including the on�April 9�2018,� the Iranian envoy said, adding that Israel�s actions �clearly demonstrate that the military attacks were carried out�with the obvious intention to�target Iranian nationals and interests legitimately deployed in�the Syrian Arab Republic.�

�The Islamic Republic of�Iran preserves its right to�self-defense in�accordance with�the Charter of�the United Nations and calls upon�the Security Council to�uphold its responsibilities by�condemning acts of�aggression and asking the Israeli regime to�stop its dangerous and constant adventurism and provoking behaviors which are threatening the regional peace and security,� Khoshroo wrote.