War Crimes

US strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes: law experts

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Dozens of international law experts in the US have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after Trump repeated his threats to hit Iranian infrastructure.

Hegseth’s ‘unprecedented’ language raises war crimes fears

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has used “extraordinary language” throughout this war, which has alarmed observers as the US and Israel have bombarded infrastructure across Iran.

Trump threat to bomb Iran back to Strone Age ‘war crime’: FM

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said that repeated threats by the US President Trump to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age is tantamount to a blatant war crime.

Iran condemns US attack on Lamerd sports hall 'as war crime'

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – Denouncing the recent US missile strike on a sports hall in Iran’s southern city of Lamerd, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman termed it a deliberate attack on civilians and a blatant war crime.

Political scientist:

Trump, Netanyahu would be hanged for war crime if stood trial

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – A leading American political scientist and international relations scholar says US President Donald Trump and Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be hanged for war crimes if they were brought to the Nuremberg trial.

Iran FM spox:

Attack on pharmaceutical firms crime against humanity

TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that US and Israeli attack against Iran’s pharmaceutical factories is a crime against humanity.

Iran FM Araghchi:

Silence in face of injustices never bring security, peace

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – Referring to the ongoing US-Israeli aggression, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that indifference and silence in the face of injustices will never bring about peace and security.

Minab school massacre only a bit of US-Israeli crimes: FM

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister says the US-Israeli massacre of schoolchildren in Minab is just the "tip of a far larger iceberg" of the invading coalition's war crimes.

Iran deplores countries not condemning US-Israel attacks

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Reacting to US-Israeli attack on Iran, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani has lashed out at some countries that refrained from condemning US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

Envoy:

Call for UNHRC session on Iran "political, unconstructive"

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva says request to convene a special session of UN Human Rights Council on Iran is nothing but a politically-motivated and unconstructive move by certain states.

Foreign Ministry pursuing US crimes against Iranians

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the government is duty-bound to follow up on US crimes against the Iranian people, so a part of this task is undertaken by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ben Gvir praises killing of 2 surrendered Palestinians

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has praised the Israeli military and police for killing two Palestinian men who had surrendered in Jenin in the West Bank.

Iran strongly condemns Israeli crimes in West Bank

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned the ongoing crimes of the Zionist regime in the West Bank and the killing and torture of residents of the region.

Chile launches intl. campaign to expel Israel from UN

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Chilean civil society is preparing to launch one of the broadest human rights and civil initiatives aimed at holding Israel accountable within the United Nations system.

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Israel’s expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps in early 2025 amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

ICC convicts first Darfur militia leader for war crimes

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted the first Janjaweed militia leader put on trial for atrocities committed in Sudan's Darfur region more than 20 years ago.

Iran condemns US sanctioning of 4 other ICC judges

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the United States for imposing sanctions on four other judges at International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the action is another example of US complicity in Israeli war crimes.

Iran urges intl. condemnation of attack on Evin jail hospital

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has called for the global condemnation of the Israeli attack on Evin Prison’s hospital in Iran.

FM spox:

Israel war min. has directed attack on Iran residential areas

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Israeli war minister has directed an attacks on Iran’s residential areas.

Amnesty warns of war crimes committed by M23 in Eastern DRC

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Human rights organisation Amnesty International has accused the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iran condemns Israeli attack on Yemen's infrastructures: spox

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has strongly condemned Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s economic infrastructures and public facilities, describing the assault as a clear example of war crimes.