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Sunday, June 22, 2025
57 Muslim nations condemn Israeli ‘aggression’ against Iran, urge de-escalation
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation says it will set up a ministerial contact group to establish regular contact with international and regional parties to support de-escalation efforts, after US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
In a joint declaration following a meeting of the 57-member group’s foreign ministers in Istanbul, the OIC condemns “the aggression of Israel” against Iran, stressing “the urgent need to stop Israeli attacks and their great concern regarding this dangerous escalation.”
It also urges the international community to take deterrent measures against attacks on Iran and “make Israel accountable for crimes committed.”
While the joint declaration from the meeting in Istanbul does not mention the overnight US strikes, the group also agreed on a separate 13-article resolution on the Israel-Iran conflict, in which it condemns both the Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, adding the OIC was in full solidarity with Tehran.
It also calls on the International Atomic Energy Agency to “unequivocally condemn those attacks and to report those attacks to the Security Council,” adding the “barbaric attacks” violated international law, according to a draft of the resolution.
It says the OIC also calls on Israel to “join without delay the treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and place all its nuclear facilities and activities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards.”
OIC members also reaffirm Iran’s “inherent right to self-defense and to take all necessary measures to fully protect its sovereignty and citizens, and to prevent recurrence of such criminal acts against its territory in future,” the text shows.
The Times of Israel Community.