Eu Day Light

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baqaei said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had threatened to “dismantle the International Criminal Court brick by brick” if US allies were unable to bring the court under control.

In a statement on social media, Baqaei referred to the 1930s and said international orders collapse not only because of aggression, but also as a result of the normalization of the use of force and the world’s silence.

Addressing Europe, Baqaei questioned whether remaining committed to an alliance meant defending international law and the normative and institutional framework created after World War II, or supporting the United States in dismantling those structures.

Baqaei said that if law and justice were sacrificed to appease an aggressive ally, rhetoric about human rights and a rules-based international order would amount to nothing more than empty words.