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2026.03.27 23:59 GMT+8

UN urges U.S. probe as Iran calls school strike a war crime

Updated 2026.03.27 23:59 GMT+8
Achment Gonim

The UN’s human rights chief has urged the U.S. to swiftly conclude and publish its investigation into a deadly school strike in Iran that killed 168 girls on February 28. Tehran has condemned the attack as a “war crime,” with Iran's foreign minister adding that more than "600 schools have been demolished or damaged and more than 1,000 students and teachers killed since the start of the conflict." Washington says the incident remains under review

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