Iran sends chilling message to Karoline Leavitt after she announces birth of second child
Callum Jones
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As US president Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt celebrated the latest addition to her family, two Iranian embassies responded saying her 'hands are stained with blood'.
Leavitt, a key member of the Trump administration since the president returned to the Oval Office last year, recently took to Instagram to share a photo of herself cradling her newborn.
She captioned the social media post with: "On May 1st, Viviana aka 'Vivi' joined our family, and our hearts instantly exploded with love. She is perfect and healthy, and her big brother is joyfully adjusting to life with his new baby sister. We are enjoying every moment in our blissful newborn bubble.
"Thank you to everyone who reached out with prayers during my pregnancy - I truly felt them throughout the entire experience. God is Good."
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Just hours after her post, however, the Iranian embassy in Armenia issued a disturbing message to the 28-year-old.
Reposting her announcement on X, they said: "Congratulations to you. Children are innocent and lovable. Those 168 children that your boss killed in the school in Minab, and you justified, were also children.
"When you kiss your baby, think of the mothers of those children."
The Iranian officials were referencing the first day of the joint US-Israel attack on Iran earlier this year, with a missile hitting the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab.
Authorities in the Middle East say the strike lead to 168 people losing their lives, most of which were children.
The X account of the South African Iranian embassy also posted in a message directed at Leavitt: "When your child grows up and reads history, she will be ashamed that you served one of the most hated governments in history.
"Your hands are stained with the blood of many innocent children, like the children of Minab."
US media reports at the time stated the school building had been damaged in a precision strike, while Leavitt insisted in March that the US was not targeting civilians.
She said: "The Department of War is investigating this matter. And I would just tell you very strongly 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, and unfortunately, many people in this room have fallen for that propaganda."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also addressed the claims made by Iran at the time, telling reporters at a Pentagon media briefing: "All I can say is that we’re investigating that.
"We, of course, never target civilian targets. But we’re taking a look and investigating that."
President Donald Trump previously suggested Iran itself may have been responsible for the deaths.
UNICEF USA reported in March that since the US and Israel's attack, over 1,800 children across the Middle East have either been injured or killed.