TEHRAN - As Iran faces an aggressive wave of Israeli strikes on civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, it now finds itself in another battlefront -- the war of narratives.
In what Iranian officials are calling a “desperate psychological operation,” Israel has launched a media campaign falsely accusing Iran of targeting a hospital in southern Israel. This comes as Israel itself continues to directly strike hospitals across the ancient country, causing potential injuries, trauma, and destruction.
Targeting three Iranian hospitals, two in Tehran and one in Kermanshah, is a clear violation of international humanitarian law. And it obviously reveals Israel’s false claims and exposes its attempt to manipulate international opinion, yet it highlights the disturbing silence of so-called defenders of human rights in the West.
On June 14, an Israeli drone hit the perimeter of Hakim Children’s Hospital in southern Tehran. The attack endangered dozens of innocent children, but with no casualties.
On June 17, Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah was bombed, damaging essential medical equipment and shattering windows, which injured both staff and patients.
On June 19, another hospital in Tehran was struck around midnight. Six ambulances and a health center were also destroyed in the same air strike.
These are not isolated incidents. As Iran’s Ministry of Health spokesman, Hossein Kermanpour, stated, these repeated attacks show a pattern of “inhumane and hostile behavior” by the Israeli...
TEHRAN - As Iran faces an aggressive wave of Israeli strikes on civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, it now finds itself in another battlefront -- the war of narratives. In what Iranian o...