Iran accuses US and Israel of war crimes

 

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry has accused the United States and Israel of war crimes, claiming civilian infrastructure had been deliberately targeted.

Iran has said more than 160 students were killed at a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab on the first day of the war. It also said a hospital in Tehran had been struck.

The attacks “comes despite the aggressors’ claims of possessing the most advanced military hardware and precision-targeting systems,” ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on X.

“The deliberate targeting and destruction of civilian infrastructure, medical facilities, schools, and media institutions by the United States and Israel, with the aim of paralyzing civilian life, constitute blatant war crime and crimes against humanity,” Baqaei added.

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said Monday they were working to verify the incident at Tehran’s Gandhi Hospital.

On the school strike, US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins said “we are aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them.”