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Publish date20 May 2026 - 10:04
Story Code : 722695
In an address to WHO:

Iran slams US-Israeli attack on schools, hospitals as war crime

Iran’s health minister, speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, denounced the ‘unprovoked’ US-Israeli attack against civilians, schools and health infrastructures urging the world body to condemn the aggression as war crime.
Iran slams US-Israeli attack on schools, hospitals as war crime
Dr. Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi cited a missile attack on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on February 28 killing nearly 170 students and teachers.
 
Zafarghandi told delegates that during the US-Israeli aggression, 376 children under the age of 18 were killed, more than 33,000 civilians were injured, 63 hospitals were damaged, and 195 other health-related infrastructure facilities were also struck.
 
He described the data as “clear evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets.”
 
The health minister directly quoted WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has previously stated, “Bombing a hospital or a school is not a 'miscalculation.' These are war crimes. Full stop.”
 
Zafarghandi also pointed out that the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a century-old pillar of the country's public health system, had been "directly hit" and added,” Attacking a school or hospital is attacking the future and the fundamentals of ethics.”
 
The Iranian minister urged the assembly to condemn attacks on civilians and civilian health infrastructure.
 
He closed with a plea for diplomacy stressing that,” Health can and must remain a bridge for peace.”
 
 
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