February 28, 2026, marks a dark date in the contemporary calendar of humanity—a day when the hands of the clocks seemed to go on strike in protest and profound shock.
On this day, unlawful attacks by the Zionist regime and the United States against the territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran dealt a finishing blow to the discourse of international law regarding the prohibition of the threat or use of force in international relations. From this date onward, who can still regard the United Nations Charter as the foundation of lawful and civilized conduct in international relations?
On this dark day, 168 schoolgirls in the city of Minab were martyred by American missiles while in their classrooms. What answer do the four Geneva Conventions have to offer for this?
On this same day, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran was targeted in his office alongside his family, in what constitutes an act of state terrorism by the United States. It is deeply regrettable that the delusional President of this regime continues, even now, to speak with pride about the assassination of a political leader of another country.
What response or instruments does international law truly possess to halt the machinery of war crimes of the United States and the Zionist regime?
Forty days have passed since the renewed operation of this machinery of terror and crimes against humanity by the Zionist regime and the United States. Every day and night, the people of Iran have been subjected to attacks by these two regimes on urban buildings, infrastructure, bridges, power plants, and even nuclear facilities.
The bodies of Iran’s martyrs—men, women, and children alike—are brought out daily from beneath the rubble of their homes. Tragically, the President of the United States and the Zionist regime insist on continuing the killing of the Iranian people, setting daily deadlines to turn Iran’s squares and streets into “hell!”
The law-breaking and delusional President of the United States explicitly speaks of “returning Iran to the Stone Age,” while the international community maintains its silence.
Yes, forty days have passed—forty days during which Iran has been the target of comprehensive attacks by two war-mongering and rogue regimes. The tragedy is that the costs of these destructive ventures by the Zionist regime are borne by the peoples of America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and beyond.
The desired world of the child-killing U.S. regime and the Zionists is one of bombs, missiles, intimidation, and terror.
Today, ancient Iran stands tall and steadfast in the face of the all-out onslaught by the Zionist regime and its allied government in the United States. Its Leader has been assassinated; its commanders massacred; its people drenched in blood—yet the Iranian youth stand resolute, defending themselves and their seven-thousand-year history.
Amid all this, what is truly lamentable is the complicity of certain Muslim countries in the region with these crimes. Some neighboring governments have turned their territories into launch pads for attacks against Iran, placing them at the disposal of Iran’s enemies to assault, kill, and commit atrocities.
Those who have participated in war crimes and assassinations now raise their voices in protest when Iran responds—retaliating with dignity, honor, and strength—questioning why Iran targets the bases of its aggressors.
The reversal of the roles of “perpetrator” and “victim” is no longer confined to theater and literature; these bitter scenes are now unfolding in the Persian Gulf.
And Iran—a country whose street-lined trees are older than the aggressors—stands powerfully present in the Persian Gulf, reminding all criminals and their regional allies that though you assassinated Iran’s Leader, a new Leader rises among its youth, standing firm in defense of the homeland. The heroic Iranian nation continues to fill the pages of history with courage and resistance, while whispering this poem:
O schoolgirls of Minab!
Daughters of the Seven Seas,
Why did you come to the Planet of the Crimson Rose?
Here, in the darkness, the Devil
Has seized your silence
And your fate.
The night-worshipping Devil knows not
That with the keen blade of the morning sun,
From your thousand shattered bodies,
You shall rise from the Persian Gulf
And banish sleep from the night of the “Blind Whale.”
