US war crimes in Sirik are part of an ongoing pattern of civilian bombings: Baqaei

⚡️ US war crimes in Sirik are part of an ongoing pattern of civilian bombings: Baqaei 📌 Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned the US Central Command (CENTCOM) for denying American bombing of civilians on Sirik Island, saying that even the US propaganda machine has failed to refute this horrifying reality of its military. “Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesperson, claims – while denying the brutal war crime in #Sirik – that the United States does not target civilians!” Baqaei wrote in a post on his X network on Wednesday. “Apparently, he has forgotten his own military record: Kakarak in 2002, Mukaradeeb in 2004, and Deh Bala and Wech Baghtu in 2008 – documented US attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq that resulted in the deaths of civilians, including women and children,” he reminded Hawkins of the crimes of US occupation forces in the region over the past decades. Baqaei continued, specifying more US crimes, which he said CENTCOM had forgotten as well. “Even Homeland, an American-produced television series, portrayed, in its fourth season, a US drone strike on a wedding in Pakistan – an attack that killed around 40 civilians.” “Sirik is not a story. The civilians are real. The victims are real,” the Foreign Ministry spokesperson emphasized in his post in response to the claim that the US military never targets civilians. The reality is so horrifying that even American propaganda has never dared make the claim Hawkins is making today,” Baqaei clarified. Several people were killed and dozens injured after the US military targeted a wedding ceremony in Iran’s Sirik with missiles overnight Tuesday. 📲 ​