Iran’s High Council for Human Rights condemned the latest US attacks on residential areas which left civilian casualties, describing the onslaught as “a clear example of American human rights” and a grave violation of international humanitarian law, Fars news agency reports.
The council said deliberate or indiscriminate attacks on residential areas and civilian objects violate the core principles of international humanitarian law, including the principle of distinction reflected in the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.
It added that strikes against civilians and civilian property, as well as indiscriminate or disproportionate raids causing civilian casualties, are prohibited under international law and constitute serious violations of humanitarian norms.
