An exhibition of Iranian cultural and traditional artifacts in Nigeria has drawn widespread outrage and grief, as visitors confronted a moving display of photographs commemorating the children killed in the U.S.-Israeli airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab.

Organized by the Cultural Consulate of the Iranian Embassy in Nigeria, the exhibition featured photographs of the children killed in the attack. The images drew the attention of visitors and prompted expressions of grief and outrage. 

In exclusive interviews with Iran Press, several participants denounced the killings and called on the international community to pursue justice for the victims and hold those responsible to account.

Ambassador Ruqayya Ahmad, founder and head of the Queen’s Care and Empowering Foundation, described the killing of the Minab schoolchildren as a deeply disturbing tragedy, stressing that targeting children was utterly unacceptable.

“It’s quite unfortunate that we are living in a world where children are being harmed. It’s absolutely unacceptable,” she said.

Ahmad urged the international community to take all necessary steps to secure justice for the Iranian children killed in the US-Israeli attack.

“Children are meant to be the future. So, it is important that we continue to speak up and continue to advocate for the rights of these children killed,” she added.

Muhammad Sulaiman, national president of the Society of Nigerian Artists, also condemned the killing of innocent people anywhere in the world, saying that the loss of children made the tragedy all the more distressing.

He called on the United Nations to invoke the relevant provisions of its Charter to address the massacre and ensure that appropriate action is taken against those responsible.

The participants stressed that the international community must not remain silent in the face of the killing of innocent children, calling for accountability and justice for the victims.

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