Be sure your sons are more in danger with DJ Trump than in custody in Iran
Iranian embassies in Pakistan and South Africa have taken a jibe at a woman who claimed that one of the two pilots of a downed F-15E fighter jet in Iran was her son. Taking to the social media platform X, the woman wrote that she had not received any information regarding her son or his unit so far. Moreover, she even appealed to people to pray for his safety.
What exactly did Iran say in response to the US woman’s plea about her missing son?
“Please keep the two F-15 pilots who were shot down in your prayers tonight. One of my sons is a fighter pilot, and I still haven’t heard any news from him or his unit. My heart is heavy with worry. Please pray for all the pilots and their families,” the woman posted on X. In response to her tweet, the Iranian embassies stated that her son would be at greater risk under Donald Trump’s leadership than in Iranian custody.
Replying to her tweet, the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan wrote, “Be sure your sons are more in danger with DJ Trump than in custody in Iran. Pray he’s kept captive by Iran than found by US rescue teams! As Muslim and civilised Iranians, we know how to treat captives in custody with dignity and respect.”
What message did Iranian embassies convey regarding the treatment of prisoners of war?
On the other hand, Iranian Embassies in South Africa state, “In Iran, long before so-called humanitarian laws were written, the rights of POWs (prisoners of war) were already defined. We do not treat POWs like your savage allies, the Zionists. We have an Iranian civilization. We do not live like in the Stone Age, like America”.
Iran reportedly downed a US A-10 aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz and a US F-15E over Iran. While one F-15E crew member was rescued, the fate of the second crew member remains uncertain as the search operations were ongoing. Washington described the situation as “war.”
‘End the endless wars’: Why Israelis have taken to the streets against Benjamin Netanyahu amid Iran conflict
Hundreds of Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, carrying anti-war banners and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest the ongoing war with Iran, with some alleging that the government was using the police to “silence” their voices.
Demonstrators gathered in a central square in Tel Aviv, holding signs that read: “Don’t bomb – talk! End the endless wars!” The protests went ahead despite restrictions on mass gatherings imposed during the conflict with Iran.
“Police are trying to silence our voices. We are here to demand an end to the war in Iran, the war in Lebanon, and the war in Gaza, which is still going on, as well as an end to the pogroms in the West Bank,” Alon-Lee Green, the co-director of Israeli-Palestinian grassroots group Standing Together, told news agency AFP.
“In Israel, there’s always a war. So, if we’re not allowed to demonstrate, we will never be allowed to speak,” he added.
