An ongoing inquiry into the attack on a girls’ school in Minab has preliminarily pointed to US responsibility, according to media reports
The Iranian National Football Team paid tribute to the victims of a suspected US strike on a girls’ school in the city of Minab during a match in Türkiye.
The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh school came on the first day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, killing more than 175 students and staff.
Appearing on the field ahead of a match against Nigeria in the Turkish city of Antalya on Friday, the Iranian footballers held small pink and purple school backpacks and wore black armbands.
Addressing an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi argued that the attack on the school “was not a mere ‘incident’ nor a ‘miscalculation’,” given the advanced US and Israeli military technologies.
The Iranian diplomat demanded “unequivocal condemnation by all and unambiguous accountability for the culprits,” warning that “indifference and silence… would invite more insecurity and right violations.”
According to Araqchi, “more than 600 schools have been demolished or damaged across Iran and more than 1,000 students and teachers martyred or wounded as the result” of the ongoing US-Israeli aggression to date.
He also claimed that hospitals and residential areas have repeatedly come under attack – something indicative of a “clear intent to commit genocide.”
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that an ongoing Pentagon inquiry into the attack had preliminarily attributed responsibility to the US military, most likely stemming from outdated targeting data. The building was once part of a military compound operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, but was converted into a school over a decade ago.
According to the newspaper, satellite imagery and videos from the scene indicate that the explosion was consistent with a Tomahawk cruise missile impact.
President Donald Trump has denied US responsibility, first suggesting “very inaccurate” Iranian munitions were to blame, then claiming without evidence that Tehran also “has some Tomahawks.”
The US is the only party to the conflict that possesses such weapons. Globally, only a handful of US allies, including the UK and Australia, operate the system.
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