The UN Human Rights Council held an emergency session to universally condemn a deadly US missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, demanding immediate accountability for the massacre of over 170 students and teachers.
The urgent debate was convened in Geneva on Friday at the request of the Islamic Republic of Iran, China, and Cuba.
It focused on addressing the February 28 US-Israeli terrorist strike against the Shajare Tayyebe Elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, which occurred on the first day of the war of aggression.
Speaking at the start of the session, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, stated that the deadly bombing "evoked a visceral horror," telling the United Nations' top rights body that the slaughter of civilians is unjustifiable.
He emphasized that "whatever differences countries have, we can all agree they will not be solved by killing schoolchildren."
“The images of bombed-out classrooms and grieving parents showed clearly who pays the highest price for war: civilians with no power in the decisions that led to conflict," Türk said.
He noted the victims included, "In this case, a reported 168 pupils, teachers, school staff, and their loved ones."
Stressing the need for justice "for the terrible harm done," Türk added, "the onus is on those who carried out the attack to investigate it promptly, impartially, transparently and thoroughly."
"Senior US officials have said the strike is under investigation," he noted, calling for that "process to be concluded as soon as possible, and for its findings to be made public." (more...)
‘Visceral horror’: UN rights body condemns US strike on Iranian school
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