{"id":58022,"date":"2026-03-10T03:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=58022"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:20:27","slug":"as-us-slaughters-iranian-kids-iran-says-it-does-not-want-to-hurt-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/as-us-slaughters-iranian-kids-iran-says-it-does-not-want-to-hurt-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"As US Slaughters Iranian Kids, Iran Says It Does Not Want to Hurt Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

As US and Israeli forces continued to bomb 30 of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces, killing more than 1,300 people including<\/a> hundreds of women and children<\/a>, the top Iranian diplomat said Monday that his country does not want to hurt American civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran does not want to harm ordinary Americans who overwhelmingly voted to end involvement in costly foreign wars,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said<\/a> on social media<\/a>. \u201cBlame for surging gas prices, costlier mortgages, and pummeled 401(k)s lies squarely with Israel and its dupes in Washington<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Araghchi was responding to a previous post by US petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan noting that gasoline prices have spiked by more than 50 cents per gallon in at least 18 states as a result of the US-Israeli war of choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cNine days into Operation Epic Mistake, oil<\/a> prices have doubled while all commodities are skyrocketing,\u201d Araghchi posted<\/a> earlier on Monday, mocking Operation Epic Fury, the official US moniker for the war. \u201cWe know the US is plotting against our oil and nuclear sites in hopes of containing huge inflationary shock. Iran is fully prepared. And we, too, have many surprises in store.\u201d<\/p>\n

Araghchi\u2019s remarks came as Iranian officials said that more than 1,300 people \u2013 including at least 198 women and 190 minors \u2013 have been killed over nine days of US-Israeli attacks, including massacres like the missile strike<\/a> on a girls\u2019 elementary school in Minab that left around 175 people dead, most of them children.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of civilians, including 42 women and 83 children, have also been killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Retaliatory strikes by Iran and its Hezbollah<\/a> ally in Lebanon have killed at least 11 Israelis, seven US troops, and at least 15 people in Gulf Arab nations.<\/p>\n

Araghchi\u2019s comments stood in stark contrast with US President Donald Trump\u2019s cavalier public attitude toward potential American casualties from Iranian attacks.<\/p>\n

Asked last week if American civilians should expect terror attacks in retaliation for the war, Trump replied<\/a>, \u201cI guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect some things,\u201d the president added. \u201cLike I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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