"Baseless and Incorrect": Iran dismisses Israel’s claim of arms smuggling to Lebanon

UNITED NATIONS: Iran's envoy to the United Nations (UN) has strongly rejected Israel's claim that Tehran is smuggling advanced weaponry systems to Lebanon in violation of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, describing the accusation as "baseless and incorrect."

Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks on Friday in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Amar Bendjama, UNSC's rotating president for the month of January, local media reported on Saturday.

His letter was in response to another one by Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon to the UN and UNSC, in which he had accused Iran of "smuggling advanced weaponry systems into Lebanon (for Hezbollah's use) in flagrant violation of UNSC Resolution 1701," reports Xinhua news agency, quoting the official news agency IRNA.

Iravani said Iran roundly rejected the "baseless and incorrect" accusation levelled by Israel, adding the claim was "nothing but a pretext to justify Israel's frequent violations of Resolution 1701 and its "flagrant disregard" for the arrangements of a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, which took effect on November 27, last year. (IANS)

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