Baqaei: Killing innocent children is an assault on humanity’s conscience; for what crime are innocent children being killed?

Pars Today – The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry marked the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression by stating that whenever a child is killed or injured as a result of war crimes committed by aggressors, a part of humanity is buried.

According to Pars Today, citing IRIB News Agency, Esmaeil Baqaei shared a photograph of Seyedeh Mahya Sedighi Saber, the young daughter of the late Iranian nuclear scientist Seyed Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber, who was martyred during an attack on his home in Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, northern Iran, in July 2025.

In a post on X marking the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, Baqaei wrote:

“4th June, the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, is a day when the human conscience must confront a painful question: for what crime are innocent children being killed?”

He added: “Today, we honor the memory of children who were destined to dream, to be happy, to study, and to build the future — but before they could even come to know life, they became victims of war crime, occupation, and bombardment. From Gaza and the West Bank to Beirut, Minab, Lamerd, Tehran, and many other places across Iran and the world, wherever children have perished under the bombs and missiles of the United States and the Israeli regime, the truth is the same: no military objective, no political interest, and no security pretext can ever justify the slaughter of children. 

Baqaei further wrote: “Children are neither parties to war nor tools of it. They are the living conscience of humanity.”