US EditionUN 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, the Human Rights Council will hold a second urgent debate concerning the Feb 28 airstrike on a school in Minab, Iran, which killed at least 165 people, most of them children.
- Currently, the council is debating a resolution requested by Bahrain, representing the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan, focused on Iranian strikes across the Gulf region and their civilian impact.
- According to The New York Times, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck the school in Minab due to a targeting mistake, according to preliminary findings from a U.S. military investigation.
- The draft resolution demands Iran "immediately and unconditionally cease all unprovoked attacks" against the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan, and "provide full, effective and prompt reparation to all victims for the damage and injury caused by its attacks."
- Voicing grave concerns, the 47-member council is considering a resolution that "condemns in the strongest terms the egregious attacks" by Iran and Iranian actions near the Strait of Hormuz affecting energy infrastructure.
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Finalise probe into deadly Iran school strike - UN tells US
The United Nations, UN, has asked the United States to speed up and conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on an Iranian primary school and publish the findings. The strike occurred at the start of US-Israeli attacks last month. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made the demand on Friday during an urgent debate called by Iran. “Senior US officials have said the strike is under investigation. I call for t…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today condemned the deadly bombing of an Iranian school in late February and urged the US to quickly conclude its investigation into the attack. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in an address to the UN Human Rights Council, expressed his belief that it was a deliberate attack and warned of genocide.
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