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ICRC Statement 
22 June 2025 
The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the escalation of major military operations in the Middle East.
Geneva (ICRC)—The intensification and spread of major military operations in the Middle East risk engulfing the region—and the world—in a war with irreversible consequences.
The world cannot absorb limitless war. Upholding international humanitarian law is not a choice—it is an obligation.
Civilians must be spared from the conduct of hostilities. Medical personnel and first responders must be allowed to carry out their lifesaving work safely. This includes our colleagues at the Iranian Red Crescent Society. It also includes those at Magen David Adom.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delegations in both Iran and Israel and is mobilising teams and supplies to scale up to address increasing needs—but no humanitarian response can substitute for political will to prioritise peace, stability and human life.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the world affected by armed conflict and other violence, doing everything it can to protect their lives and dignity and to relieve their suffering, often alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners.
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