The vicinity of the White House in Washington D.C. witnessed an angry protest coinciding with Al-Quds Day march, where participants raised slogans condemning American policies supporting military operations targeting civilians. Protesters focused their activity on the massacre at 'Minab' Iranian school, which resulted in the martyrdom of more than 165 girls, considering the American administration a direct partner in this bloodshed through funding missiles and military equipment.
The demonstrators used impactful expressive methods to embody the scale of the tragedy, placing school bags and roses on the ground next to a model representing the blood-stained body of a child to simulate the crime scene at the devastated school. Participants affirmed in their speeches that American taxpayers bear a moral responsibility to stop this bleeding, noting that the missiles killing children are paid for from the American treasury under the guise of military alliances.
In a related context, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, issued sharp statements via the 'X' platform, emphasizing that targeting educational and medical facilities cannot be classified as technical or computational errors. Ghebreyesus clarified that international law is clear on this matter, and that bombing a school or hospital constitutes a full-fledged war crime that requires accountability for its perpetrators without equivocation.
The WHO Director also strongly criticized policies that use starvation as a means of pressure, stressing that depriving civilians of food is not a 'negotiating tactic' but a blatant violation of human values. He added that targeting medical personnel while performing their duties cannot be considered 'unintended harm,' calling on the international community to call things by their real names and acknowledge the occurrence of systematic war crimes.
These popular and international movements come at a time when pressure is escalating on Washington to review its absolute military support, especially with the documentation of massacres against children and women in educational institutions. The demonstration in front of the White House reflects the widening scope of internal rejection of American foreign policies, and increasing demands to stop complicity in targeting unarmed civilians in the region.
These are war crimes... Let's call things by their names; bombing hospitals and schools is not just a miscalculation.
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Protests in front of the White House denouncing the 'Minab' school massacre and Washington's complicity