US responsible for deadly attack on Iranian school: Amnesty International
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Rights group says Tomahawk missile likely used in Minab school strike that killed at least 170 people, mostly children.
The United States is responsible for an attack on an Iranian primary school that killed at least 170 people, most of them children, Amnesty International has said in a new investigation, urging accountability for the assault.
The rights group said on Monday that a US-manufactured Tomahawk missile was likely used in the attack on the school in the southern city of Minab on February 28.
“Tomahawk missiles are used exclusively by US forces in this conflict and are precision-guided missiles,” it said.
Using satellite imagery, video footage and interviews with experts, Amnesty said its investigation showed the school was “directly struck” alongside a dozen other structures in an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound.
“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 organisation said.
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