ICRC president meets Iranian Foreign Minister

Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who has traveled to Iran accompanied by a number of senior ICRC officials met and held talks with Seyed Abbas Araghchi the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran today Wednesday.

 Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who has traveled to Iran accompanied by a number of senior ICRC officials, met and held talks with Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, today, Wednesday.

 

Iran’s Foreign Minister detailed the atrocities committed by US and Israeli regime aggressors against the Iranian nation, including grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law—particularly attacks on schools, universities, educational and research centers, historical and cultural sites, hospitals, vital and productive infrastructure, as well as residential areas. He asserted: The US and Israeli regime’s military aggression against Iran constituted a flagrant violation of the principles of the UN Charter, especially Article 2, Paragraph 4. From its very first hours, this aggression was marked by serious breaches of international humanitarian law, including the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab and the massacre of Iranian children, as well as the assassination of Iranian leaders. Over 40 days, it continued with the commission of the most horrendous crimes against humanity.

 

The Foreign Minister reminded the international community and competent international authorities of their responsibility to adopt a clear and firm stance in condemning these war crimes, and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators and those who ordered the crimes before domestic and international tribunals. He emphasized: The Islamic Republic of Iran, while documenting the heinous crimes committed by the aggressors, expects the ICRC, other international humanitarian bodies, and all states to fulfill their legal and moral obligations under international humanitarian law instruments, including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949.

 

In this meeting, the President of the ICRC expressed deep regret over the loss of Iranian lives and the targeting of civilian objects—especially schools, hospitals, residential areas, and educational institutions—during the recent war.

 

Ms. Spoljaric outlined the objectives of her visit to Tehran and stressed the importance of upholding international humanitarian law to protect civilians and vital infrastructure during armed conflicts. She also referred to her recent statement, in which she emphasized that threatening rhetoric—including threats to target civilian infrastructure—can be considered a war crime.