The Iranian embassy in Armenia has responded to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's announcement of her second child's birth with a pointed message linking the personal event to a deadly strike on an Iranian school.
On Saturday, May 9, the embassy reposted Leavitt's announcement, directing a message to her that referenced the deaths of approximately 110 children among 168 individuals killed in a missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School. This strike occurred on a Saturday morning, a day when the school was reportedly full of young students, during the opening hours of a joint US and Israeli military operation against Iran.
The embassy's message stated, "When you kiss your baby, think of the mothers of those children." This was accompanied by accusations that Leavitt had "justified" the killings and that her "hands are stained with blood." Reports suggest that video footage captured a Tomahawk cruise missile striking the school.
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Leavitt, who serves as a press secretary under President Donald Trump, had shared a photo of herself with her newborn daughter, Viviana, on social media platform X on May 1st. The statement from the Iranian embassy occurred as Leavitt was celebrating this personal milestone with her family.
Previously, in March, Leavitt defended the US stance on civilian casualties, stating, "the United States of America does not target civilians, unlike the rogue Iranian regime that targets civilians, that kills children, that has killed thousands of their own people in the past several weeks and uses propaganda quite effectively." President Trump had initially attributed the school strike to Iran. UNICEF USA reported in March that over 1,800 children across the Middle East had been injured or killed since the US and Israel's attack.
