Araghchi calls for ‘global pivot’ from militarism to justice, sustainable development
Tehran - BORNA - Speaking at the conference titled "A Call for a Global Pivot: Bringing Development Back to the Center, Restoring Human Dignity and Rebuilding Justice in a More Turbulent World"—hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)—Araghchi warned that the normalization of war, military intervention, and coercive measures has severely undermined the international legal order.
"Decades of foreign intervention, military pressure, and endless wars in the Middle East have proven an undeniable reality: military intervention does not create security, and coercion does not lead to peace," Araghchi said. "Instead, war has been normalized as a primary instrument of international relations, perpetuating a cycle of endless conflict." he added.
The top Iranian diplomat pointed to the ongoing tragedy in Gaza and the continued crimes of the Israeli regime as prime examples of this failed paradigm, noting that the lack of accountability allowed the aggression to spill over into Lebanon.
He cautioned that a dangerous pattern has emerged where military force is no longer treated as a last resort, but as a routine mechanism to reshape regional political and security landscapes.
Araghchi placed recent US and Israeli military aggression against Iran in the same context, describing it as "unlawful, unjust, and unprovoked aggression" that forms part of a broader campaign involving targeted assassinations of Iranian officials, sovereignty violations, and systemic impunity. He cited the strike that killed 168 innocent schoolchildren in Minab as a devastating consequence of these unchecked policies, stressing that the victims cannot be reduced to mere statistics.
Turning to systemic failures in global governance, the foreign minister criticized double standards in international law and human rights, warning that international institutions, including the United Nations, suffer a loss of legitimacy when they fail to hold perpetrators of aggression accountable.
"The solution is not to abandon multilateralism. On the contrary, the world today needs genuine, effective, and equitable multilateralism more than ever," he said. "This global pivot requires the political will to shift from militarism toward sustainable development, from interventionism toward respect for national sovereignty, from collective punishment toward the protection of civilians, and from selective accountability toward universal justice." The Iranian Foreign Minister stated.
Araghchi underscored that sustainable security in the Middle East cannot be dictated by foreign powers from outside the region.
"Regional security must belong to the region itself," he said, stating that lasting stability can only be achieved through dialogue, confidence-building, and mutual respect among regional nations, rather than the military presence and dictated wills of external powers.
Concluding his address, Araghchi emphasized that the international community faces a historical and civilizational choice: to either persist down the path of militarism and endless war or demonstrate the resolve to establish a new paradigm where development is viewed as an inseparable component of security and human dignity takes precedence over power calculations.
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