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Iran sues Israel over June 12-day war

Tehran has also reviewed possible legal venues for filing complaints, both through international mechanisms and bilateral processes

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Iran has almost completed the documentation for filing an international lawsuit over Israeli attacks during the June 12-day war.

This was announced by Kazem Garibabadi, deputy head of legal and international affairs at the Foreign Ministry, quoted by IRNA.

A special committee has been formed under the Presidential Legal Department to take legal action, with the Foreign Ministry actively participating.

"The documentation is almost complete with the cooperation of relevant agencies," Garibabadi said, adding that several detailed reports have been submitted to the United Nations and the Security Council.

He said two key reports have been drawn up, in which details legal violations by the United States and Israel during the war, including the deaths of women, children and entire families.

Iran has also reviewed possible legal venues for filing complaints, both through international mechanisms and bilateral processes, the official said.

According to Gharibabadi, legal efforts are often influenced by political considerations, but he stressed that this should not deter Iran from pursuing the case.

"The first step is to register and document these crimes and prosecute them seriously. If we succeed, that is ideal. But even if we fail, it should remain a central legal requirement of the Islamic Republic," he said.

As a reminder, Israel warned last week that the campaign against Iran was not over. "Iran and its axis remain in our sights - the campaign against Iran is not over", stressed the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir.

Moscow expressed serious concern today about threats of new missile and bomb strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, stressing that such actions cannot become a common international practice. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, quoted by Reuters.

The statement comes after Israel and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June, arguing that their actions were aimed at deterring Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran continues to deny that it has such intentions.