Tehran: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has emphasized the need for justice for the victims of a February US missile attack on Iran's southern city of Lamerd, saying that the wounds inflicted by 'the heinous crime' will never heal completely. Baqaei made the comments in a post he shared on X on Sunday night about his daylong trip to the city in Hormuzgan Province a day earlier.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, during his visit to Lamerd, the spokesperson met with local officials and residents and inspected sites struck in the US attack on February 28, the first day of the recent US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran. He also held a press conference attended by reporters and journalists from Iranian and foreign media outlets, shedding light on the US attack, which he described as a war crime.

'During our visit to Lamerd, we saw numerous signs of the US war crime committed on February 28, 2026, not only on the city's streets, walls and buildings, but also in the bodies and souls of families still bearing the pain of losing their loved ones,' said Baqaei in his post.

'Twenty residents of Lamerd and one Afghan immigrant were killed in the explosion of four Lockheed Martin cluster missiles, each packed with 180,000 fragments, which were tested over the city of Lamerd for the first time,' he further said, praising the victims of the US attack, who 'sacrificed their lives for our nation's independence and dignity, are now part of Iran's enduring national heritage and a source of our national strength and unity.'

'Another 180 residents of Lamerd were injured by missile fragments. Even six months after the crime, several Lamerd boys and girls, together with their families, continue to endure disabilities and severe pain and suffering caused by their wounds. Some tungsten pellets from Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) have remained lodged in the bodies of some of our children,' the spokesperson said.

He stressed that the tragedy in Lamerd should never be forgotten and that the United States must be held accountable for the crime it committed to compensate for its defeat against the Iranian nation.

'What happened to the people of Lamerd must never be forgotten. Every martyr must have their story told, every witness must be heard, and every injury and loss must be documented. Documentation is not merely about recording the past; it is about preserving the truth in evidence before it is buried beneath the dust of distortion and oblivion.'

'We will collect this documentation to seek justice and hold to account before international forums those responsible for, those who ordered and facilitated the crime. It will serve as evidence of the brutality of aggressors who claim to champion human rights, yet stopped at nothing in committing crimes against humanity to make up for their defeat,' he noted.

The diplomat concluded his post by saying, 'The wounds inflicted by such a heinous crime will never fully heal. They must be entrusted to memory, evidence and justice. And this is apart from a great disgrace that will forever hang like a curse over their tragic fate.'