Iran: Minab school strike - UN expert says attack on children may be a war crime

On 27 March 2026, Farida Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, addressed the 61st session of the Human Rights Council on behalf of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures during an urgent debate called to discuss the "protection of children and educational institutions in international armed conflicts: the aerial attacks on Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ School in Minab, Iran, as a grave breach of international humanitarian law and international human rights law." #HRC61