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Americans entitled to hold leaders accountable for ‘illegal war’ against Iran
Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, says the American public has both the right and a moral responsibility to hold its leaders accountable for the unlawful war against Iran.
In a message on X on Friday night, Baqaei posted a short video of remarks by a US congressperson during a hearing with the country’s war secretary, who stated that “there has been no threat from Iran against the United States.”
“It is beyond dispute that the US administration’s ‘war of choice’ against Iran was a clear, unprovoked act of aggression,” Baghaei wrote.
He added, “The American public has both the undeniable right and the solemn duty to demand accountability from their ruling authorities for waging this illegal war against the nation of Iran and for all the atrocities perpetrated during the war.”
The United States and Israel launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and several senior commanders while indirect negotiations were underway between Tehran and Washington regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear program. They also bombarded a school in Minab, southern Iran, killing 168 people including school children.