The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called the U.S.-Israeli bombing of more Iranian schools a “blatant war crime.”
U.S. and Israeli missiles have hit the Shahid Hamedani Elementary School in Tehran, the fourth school in 6 days.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The American people do not want their tax dollars spent on killing children in Iran, just as they did not want their tax dollars spent on killing children in Gaza. The latest U.S.-Israel attacks on schools in Iran are blatant war crimes. So was the original slaughter of 180 schoolgirls that the Pentagon refuses to take responsibility for.
“Every child murdered or injured in these indiscriminate U.S.-Israel bombing attacks is a sign that the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth is mimicking the tactics of the cowardly and genocidal Israeli military, which has mastered the art of bombing men, women, and children from afar.
“The American people expect better from our armed forces. President Trump should hold Secretary Hegseth and everyone else responsible for killing Iranian children accountable, and bring this illegal, unnecessary war of choice to an end.”
He noted that CAIR previously called on Congress to conduct a transparent and independent investigation into the massacre of 180 schoolgirls and teachers at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab in a bombing reportedly perpetrated by the United States or Israel.
SEE: CAIR Calls on Congress to Investigate Reported US-Israel Massacre at Girls’ School in Iran
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com