Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement for Judiciary Day calling for criminal prosecution of senior US and Israeli officials over alleged war crimes during the two recent wars against Iran, according to state-aligned Telegram channels. Khamenei cited the killing of children in Minab and Lamerd, attacks on medical centers, and the assassination of his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as cases that should be pursued in domestic and international courts.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday called for the criminal prosecution of senior US and Israeli officials over alleged war crimes during the two recent wars against Iran, citing the killing of children in Minab and Lamerd, attacks on medical centers, and the assassination of his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to a statement circulated via state-aligned Telegram channels. The message, timed for Iran's Judiciary Day, instructs the judiciary to expand his late father's directive regarding the 'second war' to also cover the most recent conflict, and to advance proceedings through to verdict and enforcement. Khamenei argued that public statements by American and Israeli officials amount to 'confessions of crime' usable as a basis for legal proceedings. The statement follows an earlier message from Khamenei marking Ashura on Sunday (published at 13:45 Jerusalem), in which he linked the judiciary to Imam Hussein's legacy and called for legal action against international criminals for attacks in the 2025-2026 period. The first bulletin on the thread, also at 13:45 Jerusalem, reported Khamenei calling for sweeping judicial reforms and war crimes prosecutions, specifically naming Minab and Lamerd — now explicitly cited again in the Judiciary Day statement. The thread shows escalating specificity: from general reform calls to linking the judiciary to Ashura, and now a targeted call for prosecution over named incidents. The new statement lacks independent corroboration from sources outside Iran's state-aligned media ecosystem, and Khamenei's public visibility remains limited since assuming the role following his father's death. As The Zioneer reported on Thursday, June 25, Iran's UN ambassador had already demanded prosecution over the 'crime at the school in Minab,' citing 47 children killed. The broader Iranian propaganda campaign against the legal legitimacy of the US and Israel, including calls for the execution of Trump and Netanyahu by a religious mourner as reported on Friday, June 26, frames this latest statement. What remains open: no independent verification of the statement's content or Khamenei's authorship exists outside state-aligned channels, and no international legal body has indicated it will act on the call.
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