An Iranian lawmaker has said that Russia and China should lead the world back to international norms after what he described as years of US violations of global law. The statement, issued on 25 April 2026, criticises Washington’s conduct in various conflicts and sanctions regimes, arguing that American actions have undermined the credibility of the existing international‑legal order. The MP, who is a member of Iran’s Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, claimed that Moscow and Beijing have the “moral and positional weight” to reconstruct a rules‑based system that is more balanced and less dominated by any single power.
The lawmaker asserted that US‑led interventions, sanctions packages and military actions have frequently bypassed or contradicted established international‑law principles, including those embedded in the United Nations Charter and customary law. He pointed to recent US‑imposed naval blockades, broad‑based sanctions on Iran and other countries, and unilateral military operations as examples of what he called “systematic violations.” In contrast, he framed Russia and China’s posture as one of advocating for multilateralism, respect for sovereignty and non‑interference, even as all three states face their own legal‑compliance disputes from Western governments and institutions.
The Iranian MP’s remarks come amid heightened US‑China‑Russia tensions over the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz blockade and wider Indo‑Pacific and European‑theatre disputes. Tehran has repeatedly used such statements to position itself as part of a broader “anti‑unilateralism” camp that includes Moscow and Beijing, while Washington and its allies continue to frame the same three countries as the primary challengers to the existing global‑legal architecture. The lawmaker concluded that it is now up to Russia and China to “re‑anchor the world in real international norms,” implicitly downgrading the United States’ role as a global rule‑maker.