"Reza Salehi Amiri stated, 'We are not talking about stone and mortar... We are talking about the memory and history of a people. This stone represents who we are.'"
"Amiri noted, 'What we see today is a total collapse of the moral and legal rules that used to govern conflicts.' He emphasized that the targeting of cultural sites poses a dangerous threat to global heritage protection."
"The minister highlighted that since the conflict began on February 28, at least 56 museums and historical monuments have been damaged, with 19 locations in Tehran alone, including the Grand Bazaar."
"Amiri remarked, 'The international community's silence is a betrayal of human history,' underscoring the significance of cultural preservation amid conflict."
Iran's cultural heritage minister, Reza Salehi Amiri, claims that the damage to 56 cultural sites during the US-Israel conflict is a conscious assault on Iranian identity. The destruction of historical monuments, including the Golestan Palace, signifies a collapse of moral and legal standards in warfare. Amiri emphasizes that this devastation extends beyond physical structures, representing a loss of memory and history for the Iranian people. The international community's silence on this issue is viewed as a betrayal of human history.
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