On the sixth day of the United States-Israeli offensive against Iran, the situation is escalating inside Iran while regional tensions are intensifying across the Gulf, Lebanon and Iraq.

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the US and Israel of strikes on 33 civilian sites across the country. These locations reportedly include hospitals, schools, residential areas, the Tehran Grand Bazaar and the historic Golestan Palace complex.

Humanitarian and Human Rights organisations have condemned the US-Israel attacks on Iran, calling for protection of civilians and respect of international law.

"The US’ and Israel’s actions yet again violate both international law relative to legitimate self-defence and international humanitarian law. These actions have only served to further destabilise the region, at great cost for civilian life and infrastructure, and must be condemned in unequivocal terms," said the President Alexis Deswaef of International Federation of Human Rights (IFHR). "Retaliatory attacks by Iran targeting civilian infrastructure also violate international humanitarian law and must be unequivocally condemned," he added.

United Nations human rights experts have also condemned the attacks, calling them “unlawful military attacks” launched by the United States of America and Israel against Iran.

“Unprovoked attacks by the US and Israel — launched amid diplomatic negotiations and without authorisation from the Security Council — violate the fundamental prohibition on the use of force, sovereign equality, territorial integrity, and the duty to peacefully settle disputes under Article 2 of the UN Charter. They also violate the right to life,” the experts said.

They also expressed serious concern over Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf and broader Middle East, reminding that any use of force in self-defence must meet the requirements of necessity and proportionality.

The White House has strongly defended the military action. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the administration’s goals are to eliminate Iran’s nuclear ambitions and destroy its navy.

President Trump himself claimed that Iran was close to obtaining a nuclear weapon, stating, “If we didn’t hit within two weeks, they would’ve had a nuclear weapon.”

On Wednesday, the US Senate voted 53-47 against requiring the Trump administration to obtain Congressional approval to continue the war with Iran, halting a bipartisan War Powers resolution.

The public support to President Trump has also declined. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, only about 25 percent of respondents supported the US-Israeli attacks, while 43 percent disapproved.