Minab school tragedy to be enshrined in national and global memory

TEHRAN - Iran’s minister of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts said on Saturday that authorities are mobilizing the country’s full cultural capacity to transform the Minab school tragedy into a lasting national and international memory, outlining plans for a broad campaign spanning arts, media, education and legal action.

A closer look at Sa’dabad Palace complex after nearby US-Israeli bunker-buster strikes

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Sa’adabad Palace complex sustained widespread structural and decorative damage following two rounds of airstrikes using bunker-buster bombs, though the historic site remained standing and has since entered an emergency stabilization and restoration phase, officials said.

Isfahan calls on Christian leaders to speak out against war crimes

ISFAHAN - In a move that blends diplomacy, symbolism, and public appeal, the governor-general of Isfahan has released two open letters to senior Christian leaders, calling on them to “raise [their] voice against this oppression and injustice” and express solidarity with the people living in Iran amid rising tensions involving the United States and Israel.

Satellite evidence reveals mass graves and incineration pits in Sudan’s El Fasher

The Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) work to destroy evidence of the scale of their massacre, The Guardian reported Friday.

International tribunal in Spain probes Israeli war crimes with witness testimony

A forum on Israel’s war crimes in Palestine has kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

Top Iranian MP calls for practical mechanisms to deal with Israeli war criminals 

TEHRAN – The deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament has underscored the necessity of putting forward practical solutions to counter war criminals.

Trump hails ICC‑wanted Netanyahu as 'war hero' while Gaza bleeds

U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war hero” — despite Netanyahu being wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Gaza, where Palestinians are enduring one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades.

Child killers’ crimes recorded

Iran urges the UN to break its silence as full report on Israeli war crimes is submitted

TEHRAN – Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has submitted a detailed and updated report to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council outlining war crimes committed by the Israeli regime during its 12-day military aggression against the Islamic Republic.

War criminal Netanyahu can’t nominate Trump for Nobel Peace prize: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iran’s former foreign minister has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza cannot nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace prize.

By Soheila Zarfam

Civilians, civilians...and more civilians: Israel's target list on Day 3 of aggression against Iran

TEHRAN – We watched it happen to Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria over the past 20 months—Israel launching attacks on residential buildings, hospitals, places of worship, and civilian infrastructure. Yet Iranians never imagined that those scenes would be recreated in Tehran, Kermanshah, and Mashhad, with the international community still turning a blind eye.

Israeli airstrikes near Taq-e Bostan threaten Iran’s ancient heritage

TEHRAN - Over the past two days (Saturday and Sunday), multiple Israeli missile strikes targeted areas within three kilometers of Taq-e Bostan, one of Iran’s most significant Sasanian-era archaeological complexes near Kermanshah.

‘They knew’: Biden administration official admits Israel committing war crimes

Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman under former President Joe Biden, has told UK broadcaster Sky News it is “without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes” in Gaza.

Brazilian oil trade unions urge Lula to impose energy embargo on Israel

The National Federation of Oil Workers and the Single Federation of Oil Workers sent a joint letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and key ministers in the Brazilian government on Wednesday, urging them to take more concrete action against Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza.

By our staff writer

Why is Germany so late in criticizing Israel over the Gaza war crimes?

TEHRAN - On Tuesday, May 27, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered his most severe rebuke of Israel to date, saying massive air strikes on Gaza are no longer justified by the need to fight Hamas and "no longer comprehensible".

Hamas says AP report on human shields shows Israel’s ‘moral collapse’

The testimony of Palestinian victims and Israeli soldiers in a news report by The Associated Press documents “the heinous crimes committed by Israel”, a statement by the group says.

WAC issues urgent statement on Gaza cultural heritage crisis

TEHRAN - The World Archaeological Congress (WAC), a leading international body of archaeologists committed to human rights and the protection of cultural heritage, has issued a powerful statement addressing the deepening humanitarian and cultural crisis in Gaza.