Iran war breaks UN Charter, strike on school shocking, UN probe says
The Straits Times
GENEVA, March 4 - An independent United Nations probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned on Wednesday attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran as well as Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the region, saying they violated the UN Charter. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GENEVA, March 4 - An independent United Nations probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned on Wednesday attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran as well as Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the region, saying they violated the UN Charter.
The United Nations Charter bans the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
"These attacks, which were followed by Iran's retaliatory strikes across the region, run counter to the UN Charter," the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in a statement.
It also expressed deep shock over a strike that hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls school in Minab in southern Iran on Saturday, the first day of the U.S. and Israeli attacks.
Most of the victims appear to have been schoolgirls aged seven to 12, it said.
Earlier on Wednesday a separate U.N. panel of experts said more than 160 children were killed, citing reports.
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