The Minister of Information and Communication Technology Seyed Sattar Hashemi has called for upholding Iran’s legitimate rights at the ongoing Council meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Switzerland.
In separate phone calls with his Cuban and Turkish counterparts,
Hashemi urged the ITU member states to condemn the deliberate bombing of the civilian
ICT infrastructure during 40 days of the Israeli-US aggression against Iran.
The annual meeting of the ITU Council, the governing body of
the UN specialized agency of telecommunications, convenes on 28 April-8 May
2026 in Geneva, Switzerland.
“Iran was targeted by the Israeli and US aggressors. In
addition to the martyrdom of a officials and civilians, including students of
Minab School, significant damage was inflicted on Iran’s communication
infrastructure” Hashemi stated.
“It is an issue contrary to the principles and rules of
international law and requires consideration by specialized forums,” Iran’s ICT
Minister told the Cuban Minister of Communications Mayra Arevich Marin and Turkiye’s
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu.
Marin and Uraloglu for their part condemned the US-Israeli
attacks against Iran’s civilian infrastructure including the ICT facilities and
centers.
Earlier, the Iranian ICT Minister held separate phone calls
with the chairman of ITU Council 2026 Bosun Tijani and the Malaysian Minister
of Communications Ahmad Fahmi Fadzil.
He called for the UN specialized body for telecommunications
to condemn the Israeli-US attacks on Iran’s ICT infrastructure.
Hashemi reiterated safeguarding the technical, specialized
and non-political nature of the ITU Council, stating: “Members of the Council
must prevent political intentions from this international institution.”