On the same day that the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan on war crimes charges, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, opened an international conference in Tehran that will press Interpol to help Iranian prosecutors arrest 15 Israeli leaders on war crimes charges related to the recent war in Gaza. Meanwhile, discussions are reportedly continuing in The Hague on the question of the international court’s authority to open an investigation of its own into actions carried out in Gaza, since the territory is not part of any internationally recognized state.The Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reports today that the conference, “which is to focus on Israeli war crimes in Gaza,” brought together “legal experts, politicians and religious figures” for two days to “discuss ways to bring Israel’s top political and military leaders to trial over the atrocities committed in Gaza.” Press TV says that “discussion on a series of documents, which Iran recently sent to Interpol, implicating 15 Israeli officials, are also expected to be on the agenda.”
