Iran issues indictment against Israeli figures over Hezbollah pager explosions

Iran has issued an indictment against seven senior figures and operatives of the Israeli regime, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over the 2024 explosions of pagers belonging to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

Tehran Prosecutor Ali Salehi said on Wednesday that the case was opened following a complaint filed by Iran’s then-ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, as well as a criminal complaint lodged by Iran’s Foreign Ministry.

“The defendants are being prosecuted on charges of corruption on Earth through intentionally causing bodily harm, attempted intentional murder, and the destruction, disabling, or disruption of data through the use of computer and telecommunications systems in Lebanon,” he said.

Salehi pointed out that Amani was injured during the attack while at his office in Beirut, suffering injuries to both eyes, his face, fingers, palms, chest, and legs. He also lost part of his eyesight and sustained permanent physical complications.

He added that the Foreign Ministry had requested the prosecution of all perpetrators, instigators, accomplices, and partners in the criminal act under Iran’s law on judicial protection for government employees and armed forces personnel.

The Tehran prosecutor further noted that, according to investigations, the operation had been planned by Israeli operatives as early as a decade before it was carried out.

He said the pagers were manufactured in the occupied territories and sold to Hezbollah under the branding of a Taiwanese company through a shell company based in Hungary.

The explosions took place on September 17 and 18, 2024, in two separate waves across Lebanon, involving thousands of pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies. The attacks martyred dozens of people, including civilians and children, and seriously injured thousands of others, particularly in the eyes, hands, and face.

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Iran Red Crescent pursues legal action over attacks on civilian sites

Meanwhile, Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, said Iran would continue pursuing legal action over attacks on civilian facilities during the war.

“We are regularly following up on the issue of attacks on civilian facilities, and last night I also spoke with an international lawyer so that we can pursue a complaint and the case privately,” Kolivand told reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines of a school reopening ceremony.

He said the International Committee of the Red Cross was expected to assist Iran in pursuing the matter, adding that other organizations would also cooperate.

Kolivand criticized the failure of international organizations to fulfill their expected roles, saying this would not deter Iran from pursuing the issue.

“This does not mean that we will remain indifferent. We will continue this path with all our determination, efforts, and capabilities,” he said.

Referring to his meetings with the Red Cross and the United Nations, Kolivand said he sought to highlight the plight of people who were harmed during the war.

“We must not back down. We must continue this path firmly and resolutely,” Kolivand said.

Commenting on US threats and sanctions, he added, “The United States is always imposing sanctions, and its threats are a joke.”

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