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UN Demands Justice for Iran School Bombing as Rights Council Holds Urgent Debate
UN council demands justice and reparations after a US missile mistakenly killed around 165 people, mostly children, in Iran's Minab school airstrike.
- On Friday, March 27, the United Nations Human Rights Council held an urgent debate addressing the February 28 airstrike on a girls' school in Minab, Iran, which killed at least 165 people, mostly children.
- Preliminary U.S. military findings indicate a Tomahawk cruise missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh School due to a targeting mistake, intending to hit an adjacent Iranian military base, according to The New York Times.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk described the bombing as 'visceral horror,' while bereaved mother Mohaddeseh Fallahat told the council, 'No mother is prepared to hear the words, Your child is not coming back.'
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi branded the strike a 'calculated' assault demanding accountability, while Israel's diplomatic mission dismissed the debate as a 'charade' and an abuse of the Human Rights Council.
- Turk demanded a 'prompt, impartial, transparent' investigation with public findings, warning that the broader regional war raises concerns about civilian suffering and potential for further contagion across the Middle East.
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UN demands 'justice' after Iran school strike
GENEVA, Switzerland — The deadly bombing of an Iranian school spurred “visceral horror,” the UN rights chief said Friday, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice “for the terrible harm done.”
'Slaughtered in Cold Blood': Iranians Describe US Massacre of School Children to UN Human Rights Council
"Israel and the United States, who are the cause of this suffering, must be held accountable," said a mother whose two children were killed in the school strike. "Not for revenge, but for justice."
At UN, Iran calls Minab school strike which killed 175 as 'deliberate and intentional' by US, Israel
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday described the February 28 strike on an elementary school in Tehran’s Minab as a "deliberate, intentional" act by the United States and Israel. Speaking during an urgent debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), he said more than 175 students and teachers had been “slaughtered in cold blood” in what he termed a “calculated, phased assault". He called the attack a war crime and a cr…
Iran described this Friday as a "calculated" U.S. attack on the deadly bombing of an Iranian school on the first day of the war in the Middle East. This accusation was made before the UN Human Rights Council, which held an emergency meeting this Friday on the safety of children in the current conflict, following the bombing of the Minab school in southern Iran on February 28. Iranian Foreign Minister Abás Araqchi stated in a video message that t…
UN Urges U.S. To Release Findings On Iran School Strike
The UN’s human rights chief has called on the United States to complete and publish its investigation into a deadly strike on an Iranian primary school, reported by the BBC. Volker Türk said the attack, which killed at least 168 people including many children, demands accountability and transparency. According to Iranian officials, two missiles struck the school on the first day of the war. U.S. media reports suggest American forces may have car…
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