In the context of ongoing peaceful nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, with a hopeful outlook, late on Friday, June 13th, the regime of Israel conducted widespread and targeted attacks against residential areas across Tehran. These assaults resulted in the deaths and injuries of numerous civilians, including women, children, adolescents, and the elderly, none of whom can be classified as military personnel. Many homes in entirely civilian zones were targeted, resulting in irreparable material and psychological damage to the residents.
Israel’s aggression and violation of Iranian territory, despite explicit opposition to the Fourth Geneva Convention, aim to transform the region into another battlefield in the Middle East. Israel has employed all means, regardless of humanitarian rights, to achieve this goal. Against the backdrop of ongoing peaceful nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States with hopeful prospects, the Israeli regime carried out widespread and targeted attacks on residential areas across Tehran late on Friday 13 June. Numerous civilians were killed and injured in these attacks, including women, children, teenagers and elderly people who cannot be attributed to the military. Many homes in purely civilian areas were attacked, causing irreparable material and psychological damage to the residents.
Israel’s aggression and violation of Iranian territory is aimed at turning the region into another battlefield in the Middle East, even though it explicitly opposes the Fourth Geneva Convention. Israel has used all means to achieve this goal without regard for humanitarian rights. Its incessant nightly attacks on various residential areas in Iran have so far caused the following:
- The death and injury of approximately 500 Iranian citizens[1].
- On 13 June 2025, the Welfare Office of Qasr-e Shirin was attacked, killing two employees and service recipients[2].
- An attack on the Hakim Children’s Hospital in one of Tehran’s southernmost and most deprived districts with a capacity of 266 beds[3].
- Destruction of vital infrastructure such as fuel and gas refineries and municipal water pipelines.
- The assassination of non-military Iranian scientists and intellectuals[4].
- Attacks on student dormitories at the University of Tehran[5].
- Targeted attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities, which, if damaged, could cause a catastrophe for people and the environment[6].
- Attacks on civil aircraft[7][8]
- Conducting all-out psychological warfare aimed at undermining the physical and psychological security of the Iranian people, all of which constitute clear war crimes and human rights violations.
According to Article 2, paragraph 4 of the Charter of the United Nations, all member states are obliged to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of other states. This principle is not just a moral recommendation, but the basis of the international legal order established after the Second World War. The recent attack by the Israeli regime on civilian targets such as homes is a violation of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution in armed conflict as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols.
The slaughter of women, children and civilians, as well as the targeted killing of persons not directly involved in hostilities, could be categorised as war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. These acts blatantly violate the right to life as enshrined in Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is non-derogable, and constitute atrocities that must be unequivocally condemned worldwide and the perpetrators prosecuted.
Israel’s belligerent policies and blatant human rights violations have led to the collapse and ineffectiveness of peaceful mechanisms and solutions at a time when diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict through negotiations with the United States and other regional and European actors are underway. These actions have long-lasting negative effects on regional and international co-operation. If these policies and targeted killings continue unchecked, they will not only threaten Iran’s security but also destabilise the entire region and lead to numerous humanitarian crises in various areas.
As Iranian civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations, we stress the importance of understanding and acknowledging the catastrophic situation caused by Israel’s aggression against Iran and the widespread slaughter of civilians. We draw the attention of the international community, international NGOs, and humanitarian organisations to the ongoing humanitarian crisis. We firmly believe that the responsibility to maintain peace is an international obligation, especially for civil society and non-governmental and humanitarian organisations. These organisations, in accordance with the principles of human rights and international law, must resolutely confront the Israeli regime’s blatant aggression and human rights violations in order to prevent another human catastrophe such as the massacre of women and children in Gaza.
- Association for Protection of Refugee Women & Children
- Iranian Elite Research Center
- Sustainable Development Association
- Payamavaran Hamyari (Chetra)
- Peace Researchers Center
- International Sustainable Development Group
- Ostadh-e Sadatah Assembly of Mazandaran Province
- International association of Justice Watch
- Heaven Charity Center
- Aab-o-Ayneh Charity Institute (Voice of Compassion)
- Abshar Atefeha International Charity
- Convergence World Institute (Top Nodes)
- Veterans and Elders’ Sacrifice Society (KAP)
- Iran Thalassemia Society
- Ariana FardaSoye Hamyari Institute
- Shams Al-Shamūs Charity Foundation
- Nim Gaman Jamshid
- Kindness Heaven Institute
- Heaven of Imam Reza (AS)
- Association of Iranian Jurists Defending Human Rights
- North Izad Doustan Charity Institute
- Stable Society of Supporters for Children and Mothers
- Eternal Society of Iranian Judiciary Advocates (Javdan)
- Iranian Autism Association
- International Institute for Support Victims of Terrorism
- Caspian Institute for Development Strategies and Peace
- International Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development Research
- International Foundation witnesses of Ashoora
- Society of Sacrifice Advocates in the Iranian Judiciary
- Rahiéh Azrooz (Salvation) Scholars Institute, Tehran
- International Farda Development Activists Association
- Nour Sepid Guidance Institute
- Rahiéh Green Vision Society
- Society of the people with disability in iran
- National Network of NGOs for People with Physical-Mobility Disabilities
- Rebirth Institute
- Tehran Province Health Benefactors Assembly
- Peace and Environment Center
- Tehran Province Mental Health Support Network
- Society of Mental Health Supporters
- Society of Tears and Smiles Mental Health Supporters
- Morning Hope Mental Health Support Society, Hekimateh
- Tolou-e Sobhe Khorshid Institute
- Tolou Bi-Neshanha Society
- MehrAfarinane Rahián-e Salamat Institute
- Institute for women’s studies and Research
- Nikgam Jamshid Charity
- Raad Alghadir Charity
- Kodakan Charity
- Sadat Foundation
- Society for Recovery Support
- Social Harm Prevention Foundation
- Shams Charity
- Ara Entrepreneurs Charity Insittute
- Iranian Hemophilia Soceity
- Iran Association of Social Worker
- Behnam Daheshpour Charity
- Song of Cheetah in Desert
- Charitable Institute for the Protection of social Vicitms
- Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence
- Charity Foundation for Special Diseases
- Reyhaneh al-Nabi Cultural Institute
- Society for Support and Assistance of Social Victims
- The Entrepreneurship Development Foundation for Women and Youth (EDF)
- Vali-Asr Rehabilitation Institute
- Zanjireh Omid International Charity Institute
- Raad Kerman Educational and Charity Complex
- Support Society for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities
- The Iranian Disability Association of Tavana
- Payvand e Gol-e Narges Charity Institute
- Zahra’s (S) Children’s Charity Institute
- Omid Farda Mental Health Institute
- Yarigaran Zendegi Association
- Support Society for Shariati Hospital Patients
- Support Society for Patients and Farabi Hospital
- Family health Assoication of Iran
- Hamyaran-e Salamat-e Ravani Va-Fajr Masoudiyah Society
- Pakdasht Mental Health Support Society
- Navay-e Mehr Mental Health Support Society
- Taranem Sabz Parvaz Institute
- Raz Royesh Zendegi Institute
- Sayeh Hamraz Farzanegan Institute
- Amin Wisdom Seekers Institute
- Kheradmanda (Wise Ones) Institute
- Tolou Idea Iranian Institute
- Hamrahan-e Masir-e Zendegi Institute
- Mehr House Mental Health Helpers’ Society
- Avaye Mehr Damavand Mental Health Helpers Society
- Movements of Guardians Institute
- Pink Jasmine Women’s Mental Health Helpers
- Mehrvarzan Fars Compassion Society
- Social Harm Prevention Foundation
- Mehrvarzan Charity of Rāhā’s Future
- Reyhaneh Al-Nabi Health Supporters Society
- The Iranian Association of Child Righs
- The Iranian Association of Medical Law
- Peace and Friendship Culture Promotion Society
- Aftab Photographers Association
- Tehran’s Liberation Scholars
- Knowledge Foundation
- Medical Ethics and Law Research Center
- Sepas Foundation
- Orphan Helpers Charity Organization
- National Network of Charitable Institutions
- Network of Organizations for the Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development of the Country
- EB Home (NGO)
- The Messengers of the Beautiful Mind NGO
- Guilan Institute for Blood Donation and Health Promotion
- Shamim Mehr Sobhan Charity
- Motherhood Dream Center
- Health Benefactors of Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Charity Society Supporting the Disabled in the Country
- Khademan Harim Velayat Charity organization
- Rural Development and Deprived Areas Charitable Association
- National Emergency Charity Forum
- Health Charitable Trust of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Patients Support Association and Sina Hospital
- Patients Support Association and Baharlu Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Amira Alam Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Mofid Children’s Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Mahdieh Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Loghman Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Imam Hussein Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Soum Shaban Damavand Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Taleghani Hospital
- Patient Support Association and Rasoul Akram Hospital
- Sobh Royesh Charity Organization
- Secretariat of the National Jana Festival
- Association of Charitable Organizations Helping the Life of the Country
- Hamyaran Hogough Shahrvandi NGO (Civil Rights Supporters NGOs)
- Green Afra NGO
- Institute for Strategic Studies of International Law, Lawyers Center
- Iranian quality improvement association
- Hamoon Peace Institute
- Successful Family Lovers Association
- Network of Women’s Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Comprehensive Center for Empowerment, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Women and Families
- International Association of Women of Monotheistic Religions
- Qadr Alavi Charity Foundation
- Shahriar Environmentalists Association
- Women’s Association Active in the Tourism Industry
- Raz Zagros Socio-Cultural Development Association
[1] https://nournews.ir/n/228233
[2] https://behzisti.ir/x3cmL
[3] https://pr.tums.ac.ir/ZJvDo
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[5] https://pr.tums.ac.ir/ZdxDo
[6] https://fararu.com/fa/news/875667
[7] https://www.entekhab.ir/003efO