Iran condemns attacks on civilians as “blatant war crimes”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned the attacks on civilian infrastructure by the United States and Israel, calling them “blatant war crime and crimes against humanity.”

In a statement posted on X, Baqaei accused Washington and Tel Aviv of deliberately targeting medical facilities, schools, media institutions and other civilian sites with the aim of paralysing daily life, Caliber.Az reports. 

The U.S./Israel attack on Tehran’s #Gandhi_Hospital — following the bombing of schools and the Massacre of 171 innocent girls in the city of #Minab — comes despite the aggressors’ claims of possessing the most advanced military hardware and precision-targeting systems.
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— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) March 3, 2026

Referring to strikes on Tehran’s Gandhi Hospital and earlier attack opn an elimentray school in the city of Minab, he said the actions came despite "the aggressors’ claims of possessing advanced military hardware and precision-targeting systems."

“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 wrote.

He added that no responsible state could remain silent "in the face of these atrocities."

By Sabina Mammadli