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Iran: Security Forces Kill, Torture, Abuse Children Click to expand Image A memorial to children killed in Iran outside of UNICEF’s office in Washington, DC, November 30, 2022. © 2022 Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP (Beirut) – Iran ’s security forces repressing widespread protests have unlawfully killed, tortured, sexually assaulted, and disappeared children as part of a pattern of serious violations, Human Rights Watch said today. Iranian authorities have also arrested, interrogated, and prosecuted children in violation of legal safeguards, and judges have barred children’s families from hiring lawyers of their choice to defend them, convicted children on vague charges, and tried them outside of the youth courts that have sole jurisdiction over children’s cases. Security forces have arrested and detained children without notifying their families, sometimes for weeks. Students released from detention have been barred from returning to school, or authorities have cut off their families’ social welfare, resulting in the children having to go to work. “Iranian leaders have unleashed their brutal security forces to sexually assault and torture children, and have not spared children…

A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren 4 months ago. Still, no one accepts blame It was the deadliest reported strike in the US-Israeli war against Iran, and most of the victims were children. Yet over four months since a US missile struck an Iranian primary school, there is no final accounting of what happened. The Trump administration has not directly accepted the blame, though the military possessed evidence almost immediately that the site had been struck, a US official with knowledge of the situation told Associated Press. Drawing from interviews with US officials,...

USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful US strike on school ... 17 March 2026 Those responsible for planning and executing an unlawful US strike on a school in Minab, Hormozgan province in Iran that killed 156 people, including 120 children, must be held accountable , Amnesty International said today. In-depth investigation finds US violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm US responsible for deadly attack on school packed full of children killing 156 people US authorities must ensure that the investigation is transparent, thorough, and that the results are made public. Evidence gathered by the organization indicates that the school building was directly struck, alongside 12 other structures in an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound, with guided weapons. This points to a failure by US forces to take feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm in carrying out the attack, which is a serious breach of international humanitarian law. The fact that the school building was directly targeted and was previously part of the IRGC compound raises concerns that US forces may have relied on outd…

Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian ... New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast. Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP) Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP) Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP) Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP) The arm of a deceased person is seen protruding from the rubble as rescue workers and res…

Trump blames Iran for girls' school bombing that killed 175 NATION Donald Trump Add Topic Trump says Iran bombed girls' school. 'They have no accuracy whatsoever' Jonathan Limehouse USA TODAY March 7, 2026 Updated March 8, 2026, 10:29 a.m. ET Hear this story Although a U.S. investigation is underway, President Donald Trump is blaming Iran for the Feb. 28 bombing that Iranian officials say killed 175 people and decimated Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary , a girls' school in Minab. Trump made the accusations while aboard Air Force One on March 7, soon after he attended the dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for six U.S. servicemembers who were killed in an Iranian drone attack during the first weekend of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. "In my opinion, based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran," Trump said, adding that Iran was "very inaccurate" with their munitions targeting. "They have no accuracy whatsoever," he said. "It was done by Iran." U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth added that "The only side that targets civilians is Iran." He said that an investigation into the bombing is ongoing. Iranian officials have blamed both the United States and Israel …

Tragic Funeral Images of School Strike Victims - BuzzFeed by Alexa Lisitza BuzzFeed BuzzFeed Staff As BuzzFeed's politics lead, my job is to do the doomscrolling for you. Last weekend, the US and Israel launched missile strikes on Iran — one of which purportedly hit Shajareh Tayyebeh, an all-girls elementary school. According to reports , at least 175 were killed. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Following the attack, people immediately started demanding answers. When asked about the strike by reporters, Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioned whether it was a US missile before saying , "Well, clearly, the United States would not deliberately target a school." As a reporter pressed further, Rubio said, "It’d be very tragic [if children were killed], but I can’t speak to the details behind it because I’m not – I just don’t have it." Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US is "investigating" the incident. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images In Minab, where the strike took place, funeral processions have begun for the civilian victims. Images from the ceremony have been released, and they are bound to go down in history. 1. There's this aerial shot of graves being dug for …

‘War is nasty’: Trump says US strike on Minab that killed 168 children in Iran was ‘a mistake’ The US attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Iran killed at least 168 school children, according to Iranian officials.

At least 153 girls killed in strike on school in southern Iran At least 153 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in southern Iran , according to the city’s governor. The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, as the United States and Israel began launching strikes on targets across Iran. The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies. A staff member at the Minab school, who asked not to be named, told Middle East Eye she remains in shock at the intensity of the attack. Through tears, she said she used to watch the young girls playing at school every day. After today’s strikes, however, she saw their bodies lying on classroom benches and in different corners of the school. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters She said she had just stepped out of the school when she suddenly heard a horrifying sound. Within seconds, a missile hit the school building. After hearing the blast, she ran back toward…

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by 'double-tap' strikes on Minab school ... The girls’ school in Iran , where 165 people were killed by an apparent US - Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye. “When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” one of the Red Crescent medics said, citing conversations he had at the time with survivors. “The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.” Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time. Previous reports have suggested that parents were asked to collect their children from the school when US-Israeli strikes began on Saturday morning. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine…

Trump says US still investigating Iran school strike On February 28, Iran said the United States and Israel had attacked an elementary school for girls in Minab, killing 175 people, including 168 female students, and wounding 95 others

Flight 655 bombing: Iran UN Mission says US' culture of impunity continues <article data-history-node-id="443602" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-un-mission-flight-655-bombing-us-culture-impunity-continues" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-un-mission-flight-655-bombing-us-culture-impunity-continues" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Flight 655 bombing: Iran UN Mission says US' culture of impunity continues </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran's mission to the United Nations has accused the United States of fostering a "culture of impunity" by failing to accept responsibility for the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655.</p> <p>"July 3, 1988: The US Navy shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilians on board—including 66 children. Instead of accountability, the then-US President decorated the crew responsible," the mission said in a post on X.</p> <p>"This is exactly why the culture of impunity continues today: f…

Iran school strike: Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike Mourners dig graves on Tuesday for those killed in a February 28 strike on the Shajare Tayyiba elementary school in Minab, Iran. Iranian Press Center/AFP/Getty Images The Middle East See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow The United States military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran , according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence . Satellite imagery, geolocated videos, public statements from US officials and the assessment of munitions experts suggest that the Shajare Tayyiba elementary school in Minab was hit on February 28 at around the same time as an attack that American forces likely carried out on a neighboring Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base. The White House has not ruled out that US military personnel carried out the strike that, according to Iranian state media, killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman said at a briefing Friday …

Without Providing Evidence, Trump Pins School Bombing on Iran Multiple news outlets have reported that video, satellite images and expert analysis indicate that the United States was likely responsible for the Feb. 28 bombing of an Iranian school for young girls, contradicting President Donald Trump’s unsupported claim that the deadly strike “was done by Iran.” When a reporter aboard Air Force One asked Trump on March 7 if the U.S. had bombed the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school, the president said, “No, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.” He continued: “We think it was done by Iran – because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever. It was done by Iran.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was standing near Trump at the time, didn’t echo the president’s version of events when a reporter asked if that claim was accurate. “We’re certainly investigating,” Hegseth said, before adding that “the only side that targets civilians is Iran.” But the available evidence suggests that Iran wasn’t at fault, according to several news reports. A view of the debris of a school, where many students and teachers los…

What justice for Iranians, between a rock and hard place? “The toll of the US and Israeli strikes in Iran continues to increase, with more than 3,000 reported fatalities,” the UN’s International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Iransaid on April 10. As well as the loss of civilian life, it also deplores “the scale of reported damage to civilian infrastructure and essential medical, scientific and educational institutions in Iran caused by US and Israeli airstrikes,” saying that “some of these attacks may amount to the war crimes of intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects or intentionally launching a disproportionate attack as defined under international humanitarian law”. The latest and deadliest round of US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on February 28. Key demands are that Iran guarantees not to produce a nuclear weapon, that it stops supporting proxies in the Middle East – Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, Houthis in Yemen – which Israel sees as an existential threat, and that it guarantees free passage in the Strait of Hormuz. A temporary ceasefire was agreed on April 7 but remains fragile. Composed of three international experts, the FFM was established b…

U.S. Responsible for Killing Over 100 Children in Iran School Attack Home / Rights Here and Now Blog / U.S. Responsible for Killing Over 100 Children in Iran School Attack Home / Rights Here and Now Blog / U.S. Responsible for Killing Over 100 Children in Iran School Attack U.S. Politics U.S. Responsible for Killing Over 100 Children in Iran School Attack March 23, 2026 | by Amnesty International USA (Private) More than 270 children have been killed in Iran and across the Middle East since hostilities escalated in the region. This includes a mass killing at a school full of children in Minab, Iran. The unlawful and deadly U.S. strike killed 168 people, including more than 100 children , and those responsible must be held accountable. Intelligence failure and indiscriminate attack Research by our Iran team and Amnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab indicates that the U.S. authorities could—and should—have known it was a school building , and failed to take feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm. This points to a shameful intelligence failure on the part of the U.S. military at best. On the other hand, if an investigation were to show that the U.S. military knew the school was adjacent …

'Gravest war crime': Iran's UN envoy demands justice for US strike on Minab school A senior Iranian diplomat says the US must be fully held accountable for its most horrific crime against a primary school in Minab that killed 168 civilians most of them children.

Iran: US School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability Click to expand Image Rescue forces and others at work following a strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026. © 2026 Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters (Washington, DC) – Reported findings that the United States is responsible for the recent deadly school attack in Iran , and that it was based on outdated targeting data, highlight the need for reform and accountability within the US military to minimize civilian harm during conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The New York Times reported on March 11, 2026, that an ongoing US military investigation has preliminarily determined that the United States is responsible for a Tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in the town of Minab on February 28. “The findings of the US military investigation into the Minab school attack show a violation of the laws of war that cannot be boiled down to a blameless mistake,” said Sarah Yager , Washington director at Human Rights Watch. “Even if those responsible for the strike did not deliberately target a school full of children, the US military has an obli…

US struck school in Iran despite warnings intelligence was outdated — CNN According to one of the network's sources, the US military determined the cause of the incident within days of the strike on the school, but has yet to release the findings of its investigation

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school 'a grave violation ... - UN News FacebookTwitterPrintEmail The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law. The missiles reportedly destroyed a girl’s primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killing around 150 and wounding almost 100. Many students are believed to be among the dead. In astatementreleased on social media,UNESCOexpressed deep alarm at the impact of the military attacks, which continued into Sunday, and noted that pupils in a place dedicated to learning are protected under international humanitarian law, and that “attacks against educational institutions endanger students and teachers and undermine the right to education.” UNESCO joined a host of bodies from across the United Nations system and senior officials, includingSecretary-General António Guterres, to condemn the military attacks, as well as the retaliatory strikes by Iran that hit several Middle Eastern countries. United Nations Messenger of Peace and Nobel Peace laurateMalala Yousafzaiannounced that she was heartbroken and appa…

‼️BREAKING: US commanders overrode explicit warnings in Pentagon targeting databases that Iran intelligence was years out of date, approving strikes that included the hit on a school in Minab. The strike killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers.

Investigation Points To Likely U.S. Responsibility In Iran School ... LOADING ERROR LOADING March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters. Reuters was unable to determine more details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the U.S. might have struck the school. Advertisement In a separate analysis , The New York Times found the strike was likely part of a U.S. attack on an Iranian naval base located nearby the school. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday acknowledged the U.S. military was investigating the incident. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a joint press conference with Admiral Charles Bradford "Brad" Cooper II, Commander of US Central Command, at US Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / A…

A look at evidence linking U.S. to Iranian school bombing - PBS Daily News Lesson March 12, 2026, 4:42 p.m. GRAPHIC WARNING: A few parts of the video contain disturbing images of war.Please review all material before sharing with your classroom. The U.S. is investigating an explosion at a school next to an Iranian navy base in the city of Minab. Iran says the strike killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolgirls. A U.S. official briefed on the initial review tells PBS News that the strike was likely American. Nick Schifrin looks at videos and satellite images and speaks to experts on what appears to be the deadliest strike of the war. Viewthe transcriptof the story. News alternative: Check outrecent segmentsfrom the News Hour, and choose the story you’re most interested in watching. You canmake a Google doc copy of discussion questionsthat work for any of the stories here. NOTE: If you are short on time, watch the video and completethis See, Think, Wonder activity: What did you notice? What did the story make you think about? What would you want to learn more about? Read the following quote by Master Sgt. Wes Bryant (Ret.): "The principles of restraint, of adherence to int…

UN Experts Demand Probe Into Minab Massacre as Reports Find US Was ... Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism witha donationof any size. A House lawmaker and UN experts are calling for an “immediate” investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, that massacred 175 people, mostly children, as a growing body of evidence suggests that U.S. forces were responsible for the strike. “There needs to be an immediate and transparent investigation into this strike. I’m demanding answers on what is being done to protect innocent civilians in Iran,”saidRep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Arizona) in a post on X on Thursday. A group of seven UN human rights expertsalso signeda statement on Friday saying that the strike must be investigated as a war crime. “A strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community,” the experts said. “An attack on a functioning school during class hours raises the most serious concerns under international law and must be urgently, independently, and effectively investigated, with accountability for any violations.” Iranian health officials and …

Coffins and chants in Iran's Minab: Funeral of schoolgirls killed in US ... Thousands of mourners gathered in Iran’s southern city of Minab on Tuesday for the funeral of schoolgirls killed in weekend air and missile strikes blamed on the United States and Israel. The ceremony quickly became both a tribute and a protest, as anger over the deaths of young students spilled onto the streets. According to UN News , around 150 people have died and nearly 100 were injured after Minab Girls Primary School in Hormozgan province was struck during the attacks. Advertisement Footage aired by Iran’s state broadcaster Press TV showed vast crowds lining the roads, carrying coffins and chanting against what they described as an assault on innocent children. In posts on X, the channel referred to the gathering as a funeral for the “martyrs” of what it called a “terrorist attack” on the elementary school. It said more than 165 schoolgirls were among those killed. Advertisement Stunning time-lapse of the large crowd of mourners at the funeral ceremony for the 168 schoolgirls martyred by the Israeli and US armies. Follow https://t.co/B3zXG73Jym pic.twitter.com/rbWd0JJTyJ — Press TV (@PressTV) March …

USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful US strike on ... In-depth investigation finds US violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm . US responsible for deadly attack on school packed full of children killing 156 people . US authorities must ensure that the investigation is transparent, thorough, and that the results are made public. Those responsible for planning and executing an unlawful US strike on a school in Minab, Hormozgan province in Iran that killed 156 people, including 120 children, must be held accountable, Amnesty International said today. Evidence gathered by the organization indicates that the school building was directly struck, alongside 12 other structures in an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound, with guided weapons. This points to a failure by US forces to take feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm in carrying out the attack, which is a serious breach of international humanitarian law. The fact that the school building was directly targeted and was previously part of the IRGC compound raises concerns that US forces may have relied on outdated intelligence …