Amir Saeed Iravani, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, on Tuesday condemned the Zionist regime's attacks on Syria and emphasized the country's legitimate right to defend itself based on international conventions.

 Iravani assessed the humanitarian conditions in Syria as dire and added: The continuation of the country's economic problems has wide-ranging effects. Unilateral sanctions imposed by Western countries have worsened the humanitarian situation in Syria.