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Authorities in Tehran have called for international action and solidarity after several hospitals and schools were impacted by United States and Israeli air strikes on the country as Iran continues to fire missiles and drones across the region.

Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that the two countries “continue to indiscriminately strike residential areas, sparing neither hospitals, schools, Red Crescent facilities, nor cultural monuments”.

"These actions constitute the deliberate commission of the most heinous crimes of international concern. Indifference to this ongoing and extreme injustice will only further darken the future of humanity by jeopardising the shared values upon which our global community stands,” he wrote in a post on social media.

Pir Hossein Kolivand, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, wrote a letter publicised late on Sunday to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), demanding an explicit condemnation of attacks impacting children and educational and medical centres.

"The Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a member of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, declares its full commitment to the fundamentals of humanity, impartiality and independence, emphasising that damaged centres had no military applications,” Kolivand wrote.

Multiple Iranian hospitals have been damaged as a result of air attacks and were evacuated by authorities, but there are not believed to have been any direct strikes on any hospitals yet.

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said reports of damage to the hospital are “extremely worrying” and the United Nations agency is working to verify the incident.

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[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 19 points 4 hours ago

Zionists and bombing hospitals, name a more iconic duo

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The Iranian government is a bunch of assholes of the highest order, but I harbor no hate for the Iranian people — particularly those most vulnerable. I'm sure there will be accusations of human shields, but both Israel and my own country have done everything possible to undermine confidence in their good-faith efforts to minimize civilian casualties. I watch these events with horror for the innocent and at the actions being carried out in my name and with money taxed from my own pocket.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 27 minutes ago

I'm in deep shame and horror that the military bases in my homeland of Spain were instrumental in the transporting of US aircraft, so I get it.