Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has shared details of a US missile strike on a sports hall that occurred on February 28, which he said killed 24 people, including a two-year-old girl, Al Jazeera reports.

In his post on X, Baqaei said the attack utilised a new weapon system involving airburst missiles, “unleashing 180,000 of high-velocity tungsten pellets that tore through the area in every direction with devastating force”.

“This was not a mistake – it was a calculated decision to test the destructive power of a new weapon system on Iranian civilians,” Baqaei said.

“Such an act constitutes a clear and despicable war crime,” he asserted.