Iran to pursue Lamerd massacre by US in international courts, says FM spox
Iran has said it will pursue the deadly American attacks on the southern city of Lamerd that took place on February 28, the first day of the unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against the country, in international courts, calling the massacre a clear case of a war crime.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Saturday that the US had used prohibited weapons and cluster missiles containing numerous pellets in its attacks on Lamerd, which targeted civilian locations including a sports stadium, a football field, a school, a blood transfusion center, and residential neighborhoods.
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Baghaei was speaking to reporters in a sports hall in Lamerd that was targeted by the US forces during the attacks.
“The impact of 4 missiles within 35 seconds on a city of 30,000 people proves the criminal and deliberate dimensions of this attack against civilians,” he said of the attacks, which killed 21 people and injured nearly 180 more.
Baghaei said Iran expects the global community and awakened consciences around the world to accompany it in securing justice and condemning the American crime committed in Lamerd, saying the country will rely on technical and legal documentation to pursue the case in international courts and organizations.
The spokesman said the legal case will also seek to hold to account all authorities and individuals who provided misleading reports or media justifications and paved the way for the crime to occur.
Baghaei said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General Rafael Grossi had contributed to the attack by issuing ambiguous and incorrect reports about Iran’s nuclear program, giving the US and the Israeli regime some pretexts for the criminal attacks.
“The occurrence of the military attack only one day after the publication of the Agency's report is evidence of this institution's role in covering up the illegal actions of the aggressors,” he said.
The comments come four days after the US and allies in Europe used IAEA reports about Iran’s alleged non-compliance with its inspection regimes to refer the country’s case to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Iran, along with UNSC veto-yielding powers Russia and China, has dismissed the move, accusing the IAEA of dealing unfairly with Iran’s nuclear case at a time when its sensitive military and civilian sites have come under unprovoked attacks.
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