,Subject: The necessity of condemning, in the strongest term American-Israeli Imposed War on the Islamic Republic of Iran

The current brutal aggression perpetrated by the United States of America and Israeli regime on ۲۸ Feruary ۲۰۲۶ against the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulting in the martyrdom of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and his family members, the killing of ۱۶۷ primary school girls, and hundreds of other civilians, including children, women and the elderly, destroying hospitals and medical centers, etc. constitutes a gross violation of the UN Charter and all established international laws and regulations. The deliberate destruction of educational institutions, including schools and universities, and the targeted killing of students, and bombardment of academic faculties, cultural buildings etc. generate an atmosphere of pervasive fear and .profound anxiety in the world
In the current global paradigm defined by knowledge and rationality, it is imperative that international bodies initiate prompt legal proceedings against such heinous acts, which represent a clear continuation of a policy rooted in unipolarity and unilateral decision-making.

It is crucial to recall that the UN Charter, based on the immense cost of the First and Second World Wars serves as a solemn instrument against the going back to conflict. Yet, the United States of America, since its inception in ۱۷۷۵ on lands acquired through force, has persistently instigated war against the nations and the peoples of the world. Both the US and Israeli regime share a common history of seizing the territories of other nations through the use of force.
This current criminal assault by the US and the Israeli regimes is not only a direct violation of the UN Charter which prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states, but it is a breach of international humanitarian law and human rights conventions, including the Geneva Conventions (۱۹۴۹) and their Additional Protocols, which strictly forbid attacks on civilian populations and residential areas.
Furthermore, the terrorist act of eliminating national leaders and heads of state by the US and Israeli regimes violates critical international instruments, particularly Security Council resolutions condemning acts of terrorism in its strongest term. The massacre of ۱۶۷ Iranian schoolgirls represents a gross violation of the right to life, “the right to education”, and the fundamental rights of the child as enshrined in “the Convention on the Rights of the Child”. The attack on Iranian radio and television buildings constitutes a violation of the right to freedom of expression and the people’s right to free access to information, as defined by Article ۱۹ of “the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” and “the ۱۹۶۶ Covenant”. Moreover, the United States, as a signatory to “the ۱۹۷۲ World Heritage
Convention”, bears the obligation to protecting, not attacking, Iran’s cultural and natural world heritage.

The Iranian nation with thousands years of civilization and nurturing globally renowned scientists and scholars, has been consistently seeking peaceful coexistence and cooperation with other nations throughout various historical epochs.
Iran has robustly defended itself against foreign aggression, and in accordance with Article ۵۱ of the UN Charter reserves its inalienable right to repel attacks until any threat to its independence and territorial integrity is decisively eliminated.

We expect you as the Secretary General of the United Nations, as the paramount body established post-World War II to prevent warmongering and safeguarding human life, property and security globally to strongly condemn the current and any attack at the Islamic Republic of Iran.

We, also, call upon all UN member states, as well as the global academic community to unite in condemning these atrocities, thereby preventing any recurrence of the assassination of national leaders, the targeting of civilians and children, and the destruction of civilizational and human infrastructures.

Respectfully,
The rectors of ۱۵ Top-Tier Universities of Iran