Tehran, March 13 -- Ayatollah Alireza Arafi the Director of Iranian Seminaries on Friday wrote a letter to Pope Leo XIV in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged the Holy See to condemn the "war crimes" committed against Iran in the military operations. In his letter, he also highlighted the targeting of the girls' elementary school in the city of Minab, which resulted in the death of nearly 170 students between the ages of 8 and 12, as per Tasnim News Agency.

The letter, which was shared by Tasnim News Agency quoted Ayatollah Alireza Arafi,as saying, "With a heart filled with sorrow and a soul tormented by the intensity of oppression and injustice, I write this message to Your Excellency at a time when the Iranian nation a...