August 22 is presented in the original commentary as coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, an observance recognized by the United Nations so that the international community can express solidarity with the victims of this destructive phenomenon. The question, however, is whether such solidarity remains confined to slogans or leads to practical action to uphold the rights of actual victims of terrorism.
Iran: A Victim of Terrorism and a
The secretary-general of the Habilian Association, speaking at a ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, said more than 23,000 Iranian citizens had been killed by terrorist groups. He strongly criticized what he described as Western double standards and called actions against the Iranian people clear examples of “state terrorism by the United States and the Israeli regime.”
According to Habilian, which represents families of Iranian
Nasser Seraj, deputy for international affairs of Iran’s Judiciary and secretary of the High Council for Human Rights, said thousands of Iranian citizens—including children, women, men and the elderly, from ordinary civilians to officials, scientists, military and law-enforcement personnel, clerics, workers and students—have lost their lives in terrorist attacks.
According to Habilian, citing IRNA, Seraj said at Saturday’s ceremony that terrorism does not end with the death of a single person
Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said the events directed against Iran over the past year and several months were, in his words, a clear example of the actions of a “front of terror.” He stressed that economic terrorism, like violent terrorism, is criminal in nature and has innocent victims.
According to Habilian, citing IRNA’s foreign policy correspondent, Khatibzadeh, who also heads the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies, said that those behind
A ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism was jointly organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies and the Habilian Association, representing families of Iranian victims of terrorism. The event was attended by a number of families of terrorism victims and victims of the recent war. During the ceremony, Habilian unveiled its book, “Annual Report on Terrorism in Iran 2025.”
According to Habilian
Saeed Khatibzadeh, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), pointed to the continuation of the United States’ maximum-pressure policy and economic sanctions against Iran, stressing that the government of the Islamic Republic, by mobilizing all available capacities and with the cooperation of the heads of the three branches of government, will work to neutralize the sanctions and safeguard the country’s national interests and security. He said the
A ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed annually on August 21, will be held on August 22 by the Habilian Association in cooperation with, and hosted by, the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS).
The event will bring together families of victims of terrorist attacks and those killed in the recent war, as well as senior officials and experts.
Dr. Saeed Khatibzadeh, Deputy Foreign Minister
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned what he described as the European Union’s “interventionist” approach toward Iran and its support for anti-Iranian terrorist elements during a telephone conversation with his Austrian counterpart.
According to Jahan News, Araghchi and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger discussed bilateral relations as well as recent regional and international developments.
During the call, Araghchi briefed his Austrian counterpart on regional
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have stressed the need for closer security coordination between Iran and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to address terrorism and maintain stability along their shared border.
According to the Young Journalists Club, Araghchi and Talabani discussed expanding economic and commercial relations, strengthening security coordination in border areas and countering terrorist threats during a
Four members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed in an armed clash with Iranian border guards near the western city of Baneh, according to a spokesman for Iran’s Law Enforcement Command.
Mehr News Agency quoted Brigadier General Saeed Montazerolmahdi, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), as saying that security forces had identified and dismantled a team affiliated with PJAK along the border in Baneh County.
He said the operation
Four members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed in an armed clash with Iranian border guards near the western city of Baneh, according to a spokesman for Iran’s Law Enforcement Command.
Mehr News Agency quoted Brigadier General Saeed Montazerolmahdi, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), as saying that security forces had identified and dismantled a team affiliated with PJAK along the border in Baneh County.
He said the operation
A roadside bomb exploded on the Khash–Zahedan highway, damaging part of the road but causing no casualties. Road maintenance teams quickly repaired the damaged section and reopened the key transit route.
The acting deputy for road maintenance at the Sistan and Baluchestan Provincial Department of Road Maintenance and Transportation said that eight road maintenance vehicles were dispatched to the scene immediately after anti-government militants damaged part of the Zahedan–Khash transit
From the early years following Iran’s 1979 revolution, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) sought to expand its political influence and ultimately seize power. The organization became involved in political infiltration, assassinations and armed attacks before later aligning itself with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.
Rather than strengthening the MEK’s position inside Iran, these developments severely diminished what remained of its domestic support base.
Against this backdrop, in
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has accused the European Union of invoking human rights concerns while failing to condemn what Tehran describes as attacks and war crimes committed against Iran.
According to Habilian, citing Defa Press, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei made the remarks in a post on X, responding to comments by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas regarding the bloc’s human rights concerns about Iran.
“Kaja Kallas speaks of the European Union’s ‘human rights concerns’
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Mehdi Mollazadeh Shahroudi, the son of a cleric assassinated in a terrorist attack, spoke about a painful experience that divided his life into “before and after the incident.” Having watched his father die before his eyes, he said he has completely erased his father’s face from his mind and has no living, moving memory of him. Yet his clearest memory is the day of the assassination — a memory that will remain with him for the rest of
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Ms. Misbah, widow of Martyr Hojatoleslam Ahad Aghdasi and mother of Martyrs Mohaddeseh and Mohammadreza Aghdasi, spoke about her painful experience in the June 13 terrorist attack. Living on the ninth floor of a 14-story building, she was rescued from heavy rubble without any apparent injury. She described how a strong foundation of faith and deep religious upbringing sustained her through those terrifying moments — from her prayer at
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Seyyed Hossein Kamyab, son of Martyr Seyyed Reza Kamyab, who was assassinated by the Mujahedin-e Khalq in August 1981, spoke about his lived experience after his father’s death. Having witnessed the assassination as a child, he said the effects of the trauma have not only remained with him to this day but have also been passed on to his wife and children. Referring to nearly 30 years of efforts to seek treatment, he stressed that the
At the specialized “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Dr. Mahboubeh Ghavidel Heidari, director of the Bahara Psychology Center in Zahedan, drew on years of clinical experience in Sistan and Baluchestan to recount examples of the depth of the psychological catastrophe terrorism can inflict on children: a mother who washed every banknote after the bombing of the Tharallah bus; a boy who slept in the bathroom at night; a child who dropped out of school for an entire year; and a
At the specialized “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, held on June 8, 2026, in cooperation with the Habilian Association, Borsa Media Holding and the Faculty of Education and Psychology at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Dr. Seyyed Mohsen Asghari Nekah, head of the university’s Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, distinguished between “individual terrorism” and “terrorism in children’s communal spaces.” Drawing on Iran’s historical experience of resilience
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Dr. Mansoureh Abolhasani, a faculty member at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and head of the team of psychologists sent to Minab, identified five groups affected by the terrorist attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School: the families of the martyrs, children rescued from beneath the rubble, child eyewitnesses, the brothers and sisters of the martyrs, and children who had come to see school as an unsafe place.
Dr. Abolhasani began by
August 22 is presented in the original commentary as coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, an observance recognized by the United Nations so that the international community can express solidarity with the victims of this destructive phenomenon. The question, however, is whether such solidarity remains confined to slogans or leads to practical action to uphold the rights of actual victims of terrorism.
Iran: A Victim of Terrorism and a
