Before the Human Rights Council, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that, in a bombing carried out by the United States against a school in Minab, more than 175 students died
Iran classified this Friday (27) as a American attack “calculated” the deadly bombing of an Iranian school on the first day of the war in the Middle East.
The accusation was made before the UN Human Rights Council, who organized an emergency meeting on the safety of children in the conflict, following the bombing of the Minab school in southern Iran on February 28.
In a video message, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Human Rights Council that the attack was not a mistake, but rather a “calculated” operation by the United States, in which, according to him, “more than 175 students died”.
“The contradictory statements by the United States, which aim to justify their crime, cannot, in any way, exonerate them from their responsibility,” declared the Iranian minister, who described the February 28 attack as “a war crime and a crime against humanity.”
In another message, the UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, denounced the “profound horror” caused by the bombing and demanded “justice”.
The bombing took place on the first day of the joint offensive between Israel and the United States against Iran. According to the New York Times, which cited government officials in Washington and sources close to the investigation, an American Tomahawk missile hit the school due to a location error.
The target, according to the newspaper, was an adjacent Iranian base and the error occurred because American forces used outdated coordinates.
President Donald Trump initially suggested that Iran could have been responsible for the attack, despite Tehran not having Tomahawk missiles.
Türk insisted that “it is up to those who carried out the attack to investigate quickly, impartially and transparently”. He called on Washington to publish the results as soon as possible.
Araghchi, without waiting for the investigation to be completed, stated that, given the technological level of the United States and Israel, “no one can believe that the attack on the school was not deliberate and intentional.”
The chancellor described the bombing as an “atrocity, which can neither be justified nor covered up”, and criticized the contradictory statements from the United States. The AFP did not have access to the location to independently verify the balance or the circumstances of the events.
*AFP
