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We learned English in buildings the U.S. bombed | Commentary

According to Amnesty International, United States strikes on schools in Minab, Iran, may have violated international humanitarian law, including a March 2 strike on a girls' elementary school that killed more than 150 children.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on March 2 that the United States would not deliberately target a school and had "no incentive" to strike civilian infrastructure, yet independent investigations have raised serious concerns about civilian harm.
Strikes also hit Allameh-Helli High School in Tehran on March 9 and Sharif University of Technology, known to American academics as the MIT of Iran, on April 5.
Zahra Eslami, an Iranian-American living in King County, disputes claims that these sites are valid military targets, rejecting political rhetoric that has described those in the schools as "animals."
Many Iranian Americans now working as engineers in Seattle, doctors in Spokane, or researchers in Pullman grapple with the invisible pain of destroyed hometowns while contributing to the United States economy.

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We learned English in buildings the U.S. bombed | Commentary

On March 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked about reports that a U.S. strike had hit a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran – a strike that killed more than 150 children. His response: the United States would not deliberately target a school and had “no incentive” to strike civilian infrastructure.

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