US strike on Qeshm family home 'reminiscent of Daesh atrocities': Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that US airstrike on residential homes in Qeshm Island was "a crime reminiscent of Daesh terrorist atrocities" after three members of a family were killed in their sleep.
"The criminal attack carried out late last night against the homes of some of the noblest Iranians in Qeshm, which resulted in the destruction of several houses and the martyrdom of hardworking taxi driver Qeisar Jafari, his wife Zahra Jafari, and their innocent two-year-old son Sina, pains the heart of every conscientious human being," Baghaei said on Thursday.
Video shows the extent of the destruction and damage to residential homes and civilian property on Iran's Qeshm Island following a US attack.
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He added that "these crimes, which evoke the terrorist acts of Daesh and are committed under the slogan of 'peace through strength' with the aim of punishing a nation for insisting on its rights, dignity, and independence, will never produce authority or legitimacy."
"With every explosion, every crime, every sanction, every threat, and every child you kill, you only make Iranians more determined and united in defending their homeland," the spokesman stressed.
The remarks came after a US airstrike struck a residential neighborhood in the Chah Tangu area of Qeshm Island, Hormozgan province, in the early hours of Thursday, July 30, leveling a family home and killing three members of the same household.
According to local officials, the three members of the family were killed beneath the rubble when their home was destroyed in the strike.
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Two other children from the family, aged seven and nine, were pulled alive from the debris shortly after the attack and were transferred to hospital after receiving emergency treatment at the scene.
An IRIB report later identified Jafari as a taxi driver, noting that the targeted area was a working-class residential neighborhood.
Earlier, Qeshm Prosecutor Abdolrazzaq Narimani described the strike as "a clear example of a war crime and a blatant violation of international law."
He announced that a judicial case has been opened to investigate all aspects of the attack and said the case will be pursued through legal channels as well as international bodies.
Narimani also said that targeting civilian homes and killing non-combatants reflects "the enemy's desperation," stating that such attacks are carried out when it fails to achieve its objectives through other means.
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