Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Sa’eed Iravani has said that the Israeli regime is repeating the same pattern and practice of killing children this time in Iran, Iranian news outlet Mehr news agency reports.

He added that the regime will be fully held accountable for its crimes, especially the policies and practices of targeting children.

In return, he rejected the “baseless” lies against Iran.

“I categorically reject the baseless and irrelevant fabrications leveled against my country yesterday in this chamber by the representative of the child-killing Israeli regime,” he said.

“That regime had no choice but to resort to lies and misinformation before this Council, but these accusations hardly deserve a response — the facts speak for themselves.”

Read the full speech here.