Iran accuses US of "war crimes" after attacks

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "aggressive attacks by the American terrorist Army", detailing that US forces struck locations in the south and two bridges in the east of the country, specifically on the route leading to the city of Mashhad, in the northeast, where the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will be buried, according to a statement posted on social media.

According to the Iranian Ministry, these attacks "clearly constitute a serious war crime", highlighting that Iran maintains "a firm determination" to "defend its territorial integrity, sovereignty and national security".

Tehran further emphasized that the "criminal" attacks were carried out by the United States "under the false pretext of responding to alleged incidents involving several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz", highlighting that such acts constitute a "clear violation" of the UN Charter and a "flagrant violation" of the memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries.

"They provide a pretext to justify the United States' continued non-compliance with the memorandum of understanding," the statement added.

The Iranians attacked the "evil" and "psychopathic" authorities of the United States, whom they accuse of "resorting to insults, lies and military aggression, even attacking the railway line to Mashhad", to "compensate for their impotence and inability to understand the greatness and glory of Iranian patriotism and loyalty to the ideals of their revolution".

Mashhad will today host the end of the funeral tributes to former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the bombings carried out on February 28, in the initial phase of the surprise offensive launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.

The ceremonies began last Friday in Tehran, including visits to the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala, and Khamenei will be buried today in the mausoleum of Imam Reza, considered one of the most important Shiite pilgrimage sites.

The United States launched several waves of airstrikes against Iran between Tuesday and today, claiming it was acting in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran demands that passage through the strait be coordinated with US forces until a definitive peace agreement is reached to end the conflict in the Middle East.

In response to these attacks, which left at least fourteen people dead and almost 80 injured in the last two days, Iran launched missiles and drones against US interests in several countries in the region. This happens when there are mutual accusations of violations of the memorandum of understanding signed in June between the two countries and warnings about a possible collapse of the ceasefire agreed on April 8, to which Israel is also a signatory.