Tehran: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei expressed deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the besieged city of el-Fasher, Sudan. Baqaei called for an immediate end to the siege, a halt to attacks, and the protection of civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, at least 300 civilians were killed over the weekend in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on refugee camps in Sudan's Darfur region. The assaults on Friday and Saturday around the Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps, as well as the city of el-Fasher, have also displaced about 400,000 people, according to the UN International Organization for Migration.