UNICEF: 2,500 children killed or injured in Iran due to conflict

The situation for children in Iran amidst ongoing conflict is alarming, with UNICEF reporting a grim toll. Over the past five months, more than 4,000 children have been killed or injured across six Middle Eastern countries. Of these, Iran accounts for over 2,500 casualties, including 386 children killed and 2,117 injured, according to UNICEF's interim regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Abdul Fofana.

Fofana highlighted a recent tragic incident on Qeshm Island where a two-year-old child died along with his parents in an airstrike that hit a residential building. Two other children were injured in the same attack. This event serves as a stark reminder of the devastating cost children bear in conflicts they did not start and cannot stop.

UNICEF is calling on all parties involved in the conflicts to fulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law and respect cease-fire agreements. The organization stressed the urgent need for all necessary measures to end the violence and ensure the protection of children at all times and in all places.

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The parties must take all possible measures to end the violence immediately and protect children at all times, wherever they are.