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Iran's Foreign Minister connected Friday (March 27, 2026) branded a deadly onslaught connected an Iranian schoolhouse connected the archetypal time of the West Asian war arsenic a "calculated" U.S. assault.
Iran-Israel warfare LIVE updates: March 27, 2026
Addressing an urgent statement successful the United Nations Human Rights Council focused connected the February 28 onslaught connected an Iranian simple schoolhouse successful Minab, Abbas Araghchi said "more than 175 students and teachers were slaughtered successful acold blood" successful a "calculated, phased assault".
The strike, helium said successful a video address, "was a warfare transgression and a transgression against humanity, 1 that demands unequivocal condemnation by all, and unambiguous accountability for the culprits".
UN rights main Volker Turk, meanwhile, said the bombing evoked "visceral horror", insisting upon the request for "justice", successful a video code to the council.
Mohaddeseh Falahat, the parent of 2 children who died successful the attack, besides spoke to the assembly by video, calling for the diplomats successful Geneva "not to fto this calamity beryllium forgotten".
"No parent is prepared to perceive the words: 'Your kid is not coming back'," she said, successful an affectional address.
'Deliberate and intentional'
The onslaught happened connected February 28, connected the time the United States and Israel launched the warfare with attacks crossed Iran, with Tehran successful crook striking targets successful Israel and Gulf nations.
A U.S. Tomahawk cruise rocket deed the simple schoolhouse owed to a targeting mistake, according to the preliminary findings of a U.S. subject probe reported by The New York Times.
The paper said the U.S. subject was bombing an adjacent Iranian base, of which the schoolhouse gathering was formerly a part, and people coordinates were acceptable utilizing outdated data.
U.S. President Donald Trump initially suggested that Iran itself whitethorn person been liable — contempt Iran not having Tomahawk missiles.
UN rights main Turk stressed that "the onus is connected those who carried retired the onslaught to analyse it promptly, impartially, transparently and thoroughly".
"Senior U.S. officials person said the onslaught is nether investigation," helium said, calling for its findings to beryllium made public.
Mr. Araghchi did not hold for the results of the probe to property blame.
"At a clip erstwhile the American-Israeli aggressors, successful their ain assertions, person the astir precocious technologies and the highest-precision subject and information systems, nary 1 tin judge that the onslaught connected the schoolhouse was thing different than deliberate and intentional," helium told the council.
'Atrocity'
"This atrocity cannot beryllium justified, cannot beryllium concealed, and indispensable not beryllium met with soundlessness and indifference," the Minister said.
"The United States' contradictory remarks aimed astatine justifying their transgression could not, successful immoderate manner, elude their responsibility," helium insisted.
Friday's discussion, astatine the petition of Iran, China and Cuba, marked the 2nd urgent statement earlier the rights assembly this week, focused connected the warfare successful West Asia.
On Wednesday (March 25, 2026), a statement requested by Bahrain connected behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan, considered Iran's strikes connected countries crossed the Gulf portion and their interaction connected civilians.
Following that debate, the 47-member assembly approved by statement a solution condemning Iran's "egregious attacks" connected its Gulf neighbours, calling for swift "reparation" to each victims of its strikes.
No draught solution was discussed during Friday's debate.
