‘Visceral horror’: UN demands ‘justice’ after Iran school strike

27 March 2026, 13:18

Aljazeera

UN rights chief Volker Turk has addressed the attack on an Iranian girls’ school on February 28 that killed more than 170 people – most of them schoolgirls.

Speaking to the UN’s Human Rights Council, Turk said “the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab evoked a visceral horror”.

“The onus is on those who carried out the attack to investigate it promptly, impartially, transparently and thoroughly,” he said in Geneva.

“Senior US officials have said the strike is under investigation. I call for that process to be concluded as soon as possible, and for its findings to be made public. There must be justice for the terrible harm done,” said Turk.

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