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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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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Al-MonitorUN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike
GENEVA — The U.N. rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with some states voicing outrage over the incident. The emergency debate at the Geneva council was called by Iran to discuss the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School which Tehran says killed more than 175 children and teachers on the first day of the nearly month-long re…
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