Iran leader Mojtaba Khamenei recalls stike on Minab school; urges legal action against US-Israeli "crimes"
Tehran, June 28
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei criticised American and Israeli leaders for boasting of crimes committed against Iran and urged for pursuing legal cases in international and domestic courts against the deaths in Iran due to the conflict.
In a series of posts on X social media platform as Iran marked the National Week of the Judiciary, Khamenei stated, "The confessions and even brazen boasting of some of the leaders of the US-Zionist enemy regarding these crimes, are indisputably an admission of crime, and these effectively pave the way for the vindication of the [Iranian] nation's rights that have been violated."
Khamenei recalled the war crimes committed against Iran and the death of the Minab school girls in his message - urging legal action in both domestic and international courts.
"Physical & psychological damages inflicted on each individual of the Iranian nation in the 2nd & 3rd Imposed Wars, from child killings & war crimes in Minab & Lamerd to attacks on medical centres, is each a legal file that must be pursued in both domestic & international courts... From murdering newborns to our dear elderly population - & above all, the martyrdom of the peerless, unique gem of our era, our magnanimous, mujahid Leader - is each a file among thousands of major legal cases that must be earnestly pursued in domestic & international courts," he said on X.
As developments follow in the region, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the American airstrikes in the early hours of Sunday on several monitoring and surveillance facilities on the country's southern coast.
"These brutal attacks, which are a clear violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter and also a blatant violation of the first paragraph of the ceasefire agreement dated June 18, 2026, show that the American regime places no value or credibility on its own commitments, and this treachery is part of the essence of this regime," the statement read.
US President Trump on Saturday (local time) said America struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites in tit-for-tat action for violating the ceasefire. Trump threatened to wipe out Iran if the violations continued.
Earlier, US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that American forces carried out additional strikes against multiple military targets in Iran, under the direction of the Commander in Chief, US President Donald Trump.
In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strikes as retaliation for a second wave of US military attacks on Iranian targets.
The IRGC said the operation was a "decisive response" to what it described as recent US aggression.
— ANI
Reader Comments
Honestly, this whole tit-for-tat between Iran and the US is terrifying. We see how these conflicts spill over into the entire region – and India has millions of citizens working in the Gulf. Another war in West Asia is the last thing we need right now. Both sides need to de-escalate, not make things worse with threats like "wiping out Iran." Too much saber-rattling. 😔
The IRGC claiming they destroyed 8 US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain? With all due respect to their military capabilities, that sounds like exaggeration for propaganda purposes. We see similar claims from both sides in conflicts – it's hard to verify anything. What is clear is that civilians, including schoolgirls in Minab, are the ones who suffer the most. War is never clean.
Seeing this from India's perspective – we've always advocated for dialogue and diplomacy. The US bombing Iranian coastal radar sites after a ceasefire agreement is a clear violation of international law, as Iran's foreign ministry rightly points out. But Iran also needs to be careful. Attacking US infrastructure in third countries like Kuwait could drag the whole region into a wider war. Everyone loses.
As someone from the West, I feel like this conflict is so unnecessary. Trump's threats to "wipe out Iran" are just warmongering rhetoric. But at the same time, Iran's leadership using the death of schoolgirls from decades ago to score political points feels manipulative. Both sides need to sit down and negotiate seriously. India's approach of strategic autonomy and non-alignment looks wiser than ever.
P Pallavi W