UN demands ‘justice’ after Iran school strike

The deadly bombing of an Iranian school spurred “visceral horror,” the UN rights chief said Friday, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice “for the terrible harm done.”Speaking at the start of an urgent debate in the UN Human Rights Council focused on the February 28 strike on an Iranian elementary school in Minab on the first day of the Middle East war, Volker Turk said that “whatever differences countries have, we can all agree they will not be solved by killing schoolchildren.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The bombing “evoked a visceral horror,” Turk told the United Nations’ top rights body.“The images of bombed-out classrooms and grieving parents showed clearly who pays the highest price for war: civilians with no power in the decisions that led to conflict,” he said.“In this case, a reported 168 pupils, teachers, school staff, and their loved ones.”A US Tomahawk cruise missile hit the school due to a

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