Iraqi Attacks France: Enough with the Crocodile Tears and Calls for a Review of Its Colonial Legacy

Tehran - Afaq News - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi responded today, Saturday, to the recent message and statements of his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticizing what he described as "crocodile tears" regarding Tehran's positions.

Araqchi sent a message to Barrot via the "X" platform, recalling the history of French colonialism in Algeria, stating that France "committed massacres against one and a half million Algerians during the War of Independence."

Araqchi added that "Paris officially acknowledged less than a tenth of this number, and yet it still refuses to apologize for its colonial crimes."

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, addressed his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, saying: "Enough with the crocodile tears, Mr. Barrot," and added that "France's silence when America committed massacres against our children in schools" speaks for itself.

Araqchi was referring to the airstrike that targeted the Tree of Goodness School in Minab, southern Iran, on February 28, which was carried out on the first day of the American-Israeli military aggression against Iran, and is considered the deadliest attack on civilians in the war.

The attack resulted in the death of 168 people, including 120 students and 26 teachers, and injured more than 110 others.

Investigations indicate that 3 precision-guided "Tomahawk" missiles struck the school, as it was hit by three separate strikes.

The United Nations fact-finding mission concluded that there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes in Iran, with investigators highlighting two specific incidents as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.

Last Thursday, the independent international fact-finding mission of the United Nations concluded that there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes during its aggressive war on Iran, pointing to indiscriminate attacks that resulted in massive civilian casualties, including the devastating strike on the Shajareh Taybah school.