00:15Imagine children playing volleyball when suddenly the sky explodes above them.
00:22That nightmare, Iran says, became reality after a deadly American missile strike turned
00:30a civilian sports hall in Leimurd into a blood-soaked battlefield during the 40-day war against Iran.
00:38According to Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ismail Bagai Kani, the attack happened on the
00:46afternoon of February 28, when U.S. precision-strike missiles slammed directly into a crowded sports
00:53complex in Fars province.
00:56Inside the hall were ordinary civilians, teenage athletes, women, men, and even a helpless
01:04two-year-old child.
01:06Then came the horror.
01:08The missiles reportedly detonated midair, unleashing nearly 180,000 tungsten pellets that ripped
01:17through the building with devastating force.
01:20Twenty-four innocent Iranians were martyred.
01:23More than 130 others were wounded.
01:27Bagai called the assault a deliberate American war crime, not collateral damage, not a mistake,
01:34but what he described as a calculated massacre designed to test advanced U.S. weapons systems
01:41on civilians.
01:43He said, this was a cold-blooded crime against humanity.
01:48The Iranian official revealed the details after meeting Member of Parliament Dr. Moussa Mousavi,
01:55whose constituency includes the devastated Leimurd region.
01:59The Leimurd strike came on the same day another alleged U.S. airstrike reportedly hit the Shajera
02:07Tayyeba School in Meenab, where Iran claims 168 children and teachers were killed.
02:15Iran says these attacks exposed Washington's complete disregard for international law and
02:21civilian lives.
02:23Bagai vowed that those responsible, from military planners to political leaders, must face international
02:30justice.
02:31He said, the Iranian nation will never forget its martyred sons and daughters.
02:37We will neither forget nor forgive.
02:41The war began on February 28, after large-scale U.S.-Israeli airstrikes targeted Iranian commanders
02:50and officials.
02:51Iran retaliated with daily missile and drone attacks targeting Israeli-linked sites and U.S.
02:58military bases across the region.
03:00Tehran also moved to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, triggering fears of a wider Middle East
03:07conflict.
03:09After 40 days of war, a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire took effect on April 8.
03:14But despite the truce, the anger, the grief, and the accusations continue to shake the region.
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