Iran targeted civilians as tactic of war, new report pushes IRGC accountability - interview

Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on March 23, 2026.

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The Islamic Republic of Iran targeted civilian populations as a matter of military strategy during the round of conflict stretching from late February through early April of this year, Adv. Uri Morad, an international law attorney and director of international law and public diplomacy at the Jerusalem Institute of Justice (JIJ), told The Jerusalem Post last week.

“What the Jerusalem Institute of Justice legal team found is that Iran’s breach of international humanitarian law, and mainly customary international law, throughout the latest round was systematic,” Morad said. “It came from the senior commanders of the IRGC targeting civilians in densely populated areas. And that was a tactic of war, not accidental.”

Morad spoke to the Post weeks after JIJ published a report titled “Indiscriminate fire: The legal case against Iran’s 2026 missile campaign,” of which he was a lead author.

Adv. Uri Morad said that Iran’s missile campaign targeted civilians as a tactic of war, and argued that senior Iranian leaders should face legal action