Iran’s FM Commemorates Srebrenica Genocide
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi paid tribute to the victims of the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica.
“Last year, the UN voted to designate July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance for the Srebrenica Genocide. It is a day of shame for those who were either complicit or stayed silent as thousands of innocent Muslims were massacred,” Abbas Araqchi said in a post on his X account on Thursday.
“On the 30th anniversary of this grave atrocity, Iran pays tribute to the innocent martyrs and expresses solidarity with the survivors and their families. Had the world truly internalized the lessons of Srebrenica, we would not be witnessing another genocide against Muslims, this time in Gaza,” the Iranian foreign minister added.
“Iran will always stand with the oppressed, be it in Bosnia and Herzegovina or in Palestine,” he stated.
In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica and buried them in mass graves.
Around 100 women were killed in the massacre, 80 of whom remain missing.
So far about 7,000 victims have been identified and buried while about 1,000 are still missing.
In a bid to cover up the crime, the Bosnian Serb authorities had the remains removed to secondary mass graves, causing many of the bodies to be shredded by heavy machinery, according to experts.
