According to the Beijing Daily client, on March 13, Gao Jiakun, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a regular press conference.
A journalist asked: Since February 28, the United States and Israel have carried out military strikes against Iran. Some media reports said that the Shahjarah Tayebi Primary School in Hormozgan Province, Iran, was attacked, resulting in more than 160 girls being killed in the air strike. Is China considering providing humanitarian aid to Iran in this regard?
Gao Jiakun stated that China condemns all indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets. Attacking schools and harming children is even more seriously violates international humanitarian law and crosses the bottom line of human moral conscience.
"We express our deep condolences to the students who lost their lives at the Shahjarah Tayebi Primary School in Hormozgan Province, Iran, and extend our sincere condolences to the families of the victims," said Gao Jiakun. The Chinese Red Cross decided to provide $200,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, specifically used to comfort and compensate the parents of the deceased students. China is willing to continue providing necessary assistance to Iran in accordance with the spirit of humanity and support the Iranian people in overcoming difficulties.
According to previous reports by Iranian media, on the first day of the large-scale military operation launched by the US and Israel against Iran, a girls' primary school in Minab City, southern Iran, was hit by an American "Tomahawk" missile, causing at least 175 deaths, most of whom were children around 10 years old.
After the attack caused widespread anger and condemnation, President Trump once claimed that the attack was an "act of Iran's own making." However, on March 11, when Trump was questioned by the media at the White House about this initial investigation result, he said, "I don't know about it," which contrasted with his statement on the 9th during a press conference, where he claimed that the US was investigating while also baselessly implying that Iran "also had some 'Tomahawk' missiles," trying to shift the blame to Iran.
Recently, the New York Times revealed that an ongoing internal U.S. military investigation preliminarily determined that the U.S. military attacked a primary school in Minab City, southern Iran. The report stated that the U.S. military originally planned to attack a nearby Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, but instead mistakenly targeted the school.
On March 12, General Joseph E. Dunford, Commander of the U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe, admitted in a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the tragedy of the school being attacked was caused by the U.S. military.
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