Iran Envoy Slams Rights Advocates as Accomplices in US Minab School Massacre

In a message on Tuesday, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, commemorated the martyrs of the US bombing of Shajareh Tayyebeh School in the city of Minab. He stated that 100 days have passed since the bloodiest missile attack on a school in modern times, a crime in which 168 students and staff were massacred, whose only crime was carrying books, pencils, and thoughts.

Ahmadabadi criticized the continued inaction of those who claim to be defenders and advocates of human rights, saying they have effectively stood by criminals through their silence, justification, and hesitation in condemning this war crime. The Iranian envoy further noted that shame would not only fall on the perpetrators of the bloodshed, but history will not forget those who "cowardly took refuge in silence instead of standing by the victims."

On the first day of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran on February 28, US Tomahawk missiles struck Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, killing most of the schoolchildren and teaching staff. The attack sparked a wave of public grief and anger in Iran and elsewhere, with the Islamic Republic calling it a clear example of a war crime, a violation of international law, and a direct attack on civilians.

Despite the shocking dimensions of the tragedy, Western governments have refrained from explicitly condemning the perpetrators and have remained silent on the tragedy. According to Mehr News Agency, on February 28, the US and Israel waged an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, which led to the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, high-ranking military commanders, civilians, and the massacre of over 168 innocent schoolchildren in an elementary school in Minab.