Iran Says It Will Sue the United States Over War Crimes During US-Israeli Attacks

Iran’s foreign ministry said it is likely to sue the United States over alleged war crimes during the recent conflict, with Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei telling Tasnim News Agency that “The first task is to document the US crimes, which we have been doing since the very first hours.”

“Schools, hospitals, and historic monuments in Iran were targeted in attacks by the United States and Israel”

BBC

Baghaei also said the US “is not a credible party” and that the peace deal is “not close,” as the dispute continues over the timing of an agreement.

BBC

In parallel, Press TV quoted Head of the Iranian Nursing Organization Ahmad Nejatian saying at least 16 nurses were “martyred” during two wars of aggression launched jointly by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic.

Nejatian said 11 nurses died during the 12-day US-Israeli onslaught in June 2025 and another five were murdered during the latest offensive that started on February 28, and he said the Iranian Nursing Organization sent a report to the United Nations and letters to relevant international organizations.

The same Press TV briefing cited Vice President of the Iranian Society of Organ Donation Omid Qobadi saying some 27,000 Iranian patients are currently on the organ transplant wait list, while also describing increased fatalities after the latest anti-Iran onslaught.

The World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said attacks on civilian centers are war crimes, stressing that “Bombing a hospital or a school is not a miscalculation.”

In a related account, the Iranian health minister Dr. Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi told the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva that a missile attack on a school in Minab on the first day of the aggression on February 28 killed 168 students and teachers.

Breakingthenews.net

Zafarghandi told delegates that during the US-Israeli aggression, 376 children under the age of 18 were killed, more than 33,000 civilians were injured, 63 hospitals were damaged, and 195 other health-related infrastructure facilities were also struck.

He described the data as “clear evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets,” and he directly quoted Ghebreyesus’s warning that “Bombing a hospital or a school is not a 'miscalculation.' These are war crimes. Full stop.”

Zafarghandi urged the assembly to condemn attacks on civilians and civilian health infrastructure while insisting that Iran’s health system continues to function “with pride,” saying “We will not be broken.”

BBC Reality Check reported that since the start of the United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran on Saturday, schools, a hospital, and historic monuments were heavily damaged, with the reported civilian toll continuing to rise.

“Speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Dr”

Mehr News Agency

The BBC said HRANA reported 1,168 civilians killed, including 194 children, and it described how one Tehran resident characterized the night as “hell on earth” while another called it “a scene from an apocalyptic film.”

BBC Reality Check documented an attack on a hospital in Tehran, describing a verified video showing the building severely damaged as debris and glass fell, and it quoted an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman describing such attacks as “an obvious war crime.”

The BBC also reported that Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, said the explosion at a school in the southern city of Minab is under investigation and stressed that American forces “never target civilian targets.”

In the same BBC account, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the incident was “very concerning” and added that “Health facilities are protected under international humanitarian law,” while the Israeli army acknowledged that a nearby “military facility” led to the hospital sustaining “minor damage.”