Iran FM Spokesman: Killing Innocent Children an Assault on Human Conscience

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, in a post published on June 4, which marks the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, condemned the killing of innocent children in attacks by the Zionist regime and the United States. He wrote that the human conscience must ask itself, "For what sin are innocent children killed?"

Baghaei published a photo of Seyyedeh Mahya Seddiqi Saber, the young daughter of the martyr Seyyed Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber, who was martyred during the Zionist regime's attack on his home in Astana Ashrafiyeh in July 2025. The spokesman wrote on his personal page on a social network, "June 4, the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, is a day when the human conscience must ask itself, 'For what sin are innocent children killed?'"

He continued, "Today we honor the memory of children who were supposed to dream, be happy, study, and build the future, but before they could even know life, they became victims of war crimes, occupation, apartheid, and bombing." He noted that from Gaza, the West Bank, and Beirut to Minab, Lamerd, Tehran, and many other places in Iran and the region, children have died under American and Zionist bombs and missiles. He emphasized that no military goal, political expediency, or security justification can justify the killing of children, as they are neither a side in war nor its tools. "They are the living conscience of humanity. Every child who is killed or injured by the war crimes of the aggressors, a part of humanity is buried," Baghaei underlined.

According to Mehr News, the statement was made on the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, observed annually on June 4.