US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces are responsible for the attack on an Iranian girls’ school in which 150 girls died last Saturday but have not yet reached a definitive conclusion or completed their investigations: Reuters reveals in an exclusive. The girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, was hit on the first day of US and Israeli attacks on the country. Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said the attack killed 150 schoolgirls.
The UN to the US: “Rapid and transparent investigation into the raid on the school”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for a “swift” and “transparent” US investigation into their alleged attack on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. Neither the United States nor Israel have admitted carrying out such an attack. Iranian authorities have reported 150 deaths, which other sources say are 175, including many schoolchildren.
The New York Times, based on satellite images, social media posts and verified videos, attributed responsibility for hitting the Minab girls’ primary school to US forces. “The school building was seriously damaged by a precision strike that occurred at the same time as attacks on an adjacent naval base operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the NYT said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Pentagon was conducting an investigation. «We hope it will be quick and transparent. We also expect those responsible to be held accountable for their actions, because it is clear that mistakes were made” and that there will be “reparations and compensation,” Turk said at a press conference in Geneva.