PANews reported on April 18, citing Iran's Fars News Agency, that Iranian Justice Chief Justice Ejai stated that the enemy must pay war reparations. The report quoted Ejai as saying that the United States and Israel launched a war and aggression against the Iranian people, committing various war crimes. Relevant international organizations must prosecute and try them, hold them accountable for their war crimes, demand reparations, and punish them. "The aggressors must not be allowed to go unpunished."