Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Israel of war crimes following strikes on fuel reservoirs in Tehran, stating the attacks will cause multi-generational environmental and health damage.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has officially stated that Israel bombed fuel reservoirs in Tehran, declaring the act a violation of international law and a crime against the environment. According to the state-affiliated Fars News International, Araghchi declared that Israel must be punished for its war crimes.
The diplomatic statements follow a series of approximately 30 severe explosions early Monday morning in western Tehran, concentrated around Mehrabad Airport, the Ekbatan neighborhood, and Azadi Square. Background reports indicate the overnight strikes successfully targeted and damaged strategic infrastructure in the capital, specifically including these fuel facilities and an aircraft.
Domestic Iranian media universally amplified Araghchi's warnings regarding the ecological and humanitarian fallout of the strikes. The pro-government channel Pezeshkian Supporters relayed Araghchi's assertion that citizens will face long-term damage to their health and welfare. Highlighting the severity of the damage, according to the breaking news channel NE_WG, the Foreign Minister stated, "pollution of soil and underground water resources can have consequences that last for generations." The popular domestic news aggregator Akharin Khabar also echoed these exact claims.
The Iranian government's official confirmation of the targeted sites was promptly broadcast by regional networks outside state control. The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya Farsi, which frequently covers Iranian domestic incidents from a critical or oppositional perspective, highlighted Tehran's admission that Israel had bombed its fuel reservoirs. The outlet subsequently repeated Araghchi's condemnation of the attack as an environmental crime.
The messaging from Iranian state and pro-government channels is entirely uniform, utilizing the exact same text and phrasing for Araghchi's statement. Notably, the rhetoric strictly frames the destruction of strategic fuel infrastructure as an environmental and humanitarian issue rather than a military loss.