In a post on his X account on Thursday night, Esmaeil Baqaei said the annual observance serves as a reminder of the suffering inflicted on innocent children by war, occupation, and military attacks.
“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 said.
“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,” the spokesman noted.
“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 wrote.
“Children are neither parties to war nor tools of it. They are the living conscience of humanity. Every child killed or maimed is a burial of a part of our shared humanity,” the spokesman added.
“Image: Seyedeh Mahya Sedighi Saber — one of hundreds of innocent children martyred in the wars imposed by the Zionist regime and the United States in the past year. Today, ahead of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Seyed Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber and his family in July 2025, I visited their grave to honor their memory and pay respect to their noble souls,” Baqaei said.
