The Iranian embassy has sent a chilling message to Karoline Leavitt after the White House press secretary announced the birth of her second child last week.
Leavitt, who has been serving in the Trump administration since the president returned to the Oval Office last year, posted an update on Instagram alongside a photo of her holding her newborn.
The press secretary 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.”
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. https://t.co/uhypZFhRRf
— IRI Embassy in Armenia (@iraninyerevan) May 9, 2026
Not long after the post went live, the Iranian embassy in Armenia reshared her announcement on Saturday (May 9) and attached a message aimed directly at the 28-year-old.
“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,” they said.
“When you kiss your baby, think of the mothers of those child.”
The reference was to the opening day of the joint US-Israel strikes on Iran earlier this year, when a missile reportedly hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in the city of Minab.
Officials in the region have said the incident resulted in 168 deaths, including 110 children.
At the time, reports in US media described damage to the school as the result of a precision strike, while Leavitt maintained in March that civilians were not being targeted.
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 responded to Iran’s allegations during a Pentagon press briefing, telling reporters: “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.”
Donald Trump has also weighed in previously, suggesting Iran itself may have been responsible for the deaths.