Iran claims US/Israel has damaged or destroyed 600 Iranian schools
Iranian Foreign Minister makes shocking claim to UN Human Rights Council
Here’s another claim from Larry Wikerson that I researched to find citations.
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“No regard for humanitarian law or the rules of war at all. 600 schools and hospitals have been bombed.”
-Lawrence Wilkerson
Lawrence Wilkerson (left) is a former deputy director of the Marine Corps War College, executive Assistant to Admiral Stewart A. Ring, National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, Staff member to Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations. Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary and taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at George Washington University
Transcript:
9:37: Normalization of crimes such as this against humanity is taking place. The
9:44: attack on the school is one of the most recent incidents. We have had 27 days of illegal war.
9:55: No regard for humanitarian law or the rules of war at all. 600 schools and hospitals have been bombed.
10:06: Nursing homes have been bombed. Ambulances, stationary and moving, have been bombed.
10:14: Water sources have been bombed. Food sources have been bombed. And a horrible bombing of our oil facilities that spread black poison all over Iran.
10:26: All is a product of you,
10:29: United Nations and the world ignoring Palestine because that was the start of
10:36: these incredible war crimes. But we have resolve and regardless we will hold out.
10:44: I believe him. I believe me too.
10:50: He’s right. He could have listed a lot more but he picked the jewels.
10:55: It’s true. I mean, the Americans, they underestimate. So, the Iranians, they fight for their existence. And what is America fighting for? Basically, nobody knows. Anyone I’m talking to, inclusive,
11:06 you mentioned it already. Who who actually knows? Well, actually, we do know the fight for Israel. That’s what they do.
11:13: I’m not even sure that I I I think that is approximate cause, but I’m not sure that we don’t have a president here who has suddenly found that he likes war.
11:24: I’m not even sure that I I I think that is approximate cause, but I’m not sure that we don’t have a president here who has suddenly found that he likes war.
Intent: Create Failed Iranian State?
If True, it would be consistent with an intention to destroy the Iranian state, cause civil war, and turn it into a failed state like Syria or Libya, so Iran could no longer act as a competitor to Israel in the region.
Source:
It looks like the LA Times attributes the claim of 600 schools damaged or demolished to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbabs Araghchi speaking in a remote video with the UN Human Rights meeting in Geneva on Friday.
The US/Israel has damaged or destroyed 600 Iranian schools, not just the one school that was hit at the opening of the war
LA Times: Speaking by video during a Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the United States and Israel of harboring a “clear intent to commit genocide” in Iran, claiming that more than 600 schools had been damaged or demolished and more than 1,000 students and teachers “martyred or wounded.”
Al Jazeera: More than 600 schools and education facilities have been destroyed or severely damaged by US-Israeli attacks so far in Iran, while at least 230 children and teachers have been killed, according to her office.
WHO says it has verified 13 attacks on health sites in Iran. (Reuters)
Questions:
What sort of track record do Iran and Israeli officials have in the claims they make? How do you compare them to this Iranian official? Are there certain areas where they are more or less likely to be reliable?
When will Americans get widespread transparency into what has happened in Iran and Israel?
If the claims of the bombing of water sources and 600 schools (and x hospitals) can be verified, will American and Israeli propaganda frame these as legitimate targets — that Iran was using them to store ammunition, etc? Will western media support the official narrative or “revolt”?
At a time when school shooters kill American kids on an ongoing basis, why should we expect greater resistance to US/Israeli pilots shooting at/bombing Iranian schools?
Warning: Video contains swearing