Letter to Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union
June 17 2025
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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Excellency,
I am writing to bring to your attention the unlawful, unprovoked and irresponsible armed attack launched by the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
On 13 June 2025, the Israeli regime carried out this act of aggression in a clear and serious breach of international law- including international humanitarian law, human rights law, and the Charter of the United Nations. The attacks were deliberately directed at civilian areas, residential neighborhoods, hospitals, and non-military facilities, causing the losses of hundreds of innocent people, among them women and children.
Israeli regime deliberates and unlawful attacks on Iran’s civilian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and the Iranian Broadcasting Organization’s facilities, constitute a flagrant violation of international law, the ITU Constitution, and the fundamental principles of telecommunications sovereignty.
This war of aggression has intentionally disrupted Internet exchange points (IXPs) and data centers, causing disruptions in violation of ITU-D Resolution 45 (2022) on protecting critical digital infrastructure. Interruption of Fiber-optic networks and mobile towers could crippling emergency services and civilian communications, in breach of UNGA Resolution 75/240 on safeguarding essential facilities. Destabilization of the cyber security systems, exposing Iranian citizens to data breaches and cyber threats, which contravene ITU’s Global Cyber Security Agenda.
On 17 June 2025, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting was the subject of a deliberate attack. The assault on State media infrastructure represents a violation of Article 38 of the Geneva Conventions (protection of civilian objects), a direct attack on media pluralism and freedom of expression, contrary to the ITU Resolution 130 (Bucharest, 2022), and an act of information warfare, undermining sovereign communication rights under ITU Constitution Article 34.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, urges the Secretary General of ITU to condemn these heinous acts of aggression as violations of international telecom law, suspend Israel’s privileges in ITU frequency allocation processes until compliance is verified and establish binding safeguards to prevent future attacks on civilian networks.
I would be grateful, if you would circulate the letter as an official ITU document and present it to the Council Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration.
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