The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UN Office for Human Rights has called for the opening of an international investigation following the attack on a girls’ school in Iran, resulting in nearly 200 victims. According…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Irina Botu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ipn_moldova\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ipn_moldova\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irina Botu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Irina Botu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b\"},\"headline\":\"The bombing of the girls’ school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/photo-iran.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Foreign Affairs\",\"massacre\",\"Middle East\",\"War\",\"girls' school\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/\",\"name\":\"The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/photo-iran.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/photo-iran.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/photo-iran.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Sursa foto: Mediafax\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The bombing of the girls’ school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/\",\"name\":\"ipn.md\",\"description\":\"Agen\u0163ie de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"IPN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ipn.md\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ipn_moldova\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b\",\"name\":\"Irina Botu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Irina Botu\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/author\\\/irina-botu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md","og_description":"The UN Office for Human Rights has called for the opening of an international investigation following the attack on a girls’ school in Iran, resulting in nearly 200 victims. According…","og_url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/","og_site_name":"ipn.md","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md","article_published_time":"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Irina Botu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ipn_moldova","twitter_site":"@ipn_moldova","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Irina Botu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/"},"author":{"name":"Irina Botu","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/person\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b"},"headline":"The bombing of the girls’ school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN","datePublished":"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/"},"wordCount":307,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp","keywords":["Foreign Affairs","massacre","Middle East","War","girls' school"],"articleSection":["Politics","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/","name":"The bombing of the girls' school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN - ipn.md","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp","datePublished":"2026-03-03T15:02:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-03T15:22:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-iran.webp","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Sursa foto: Mediafax"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The bombing of the girls’ school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/","name":"ipn.md","description":"Agen\u0163ie de pres\u0103 independent\u0103","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization"},"alternateName":"IPN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization","name":"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md","https:\/\/x.com\/ipn_moldova"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/person\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b","name":"Irina Botu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Irina Botu"},"url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/author\/irina-botu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278544,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278543\/revisions\/278544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":278543,"date":"2026-03-03T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:22:28","slug":"the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/the-bombing-of-the-girls-school-in-iran-could-be-considered-a-war-crime-un\/","title":{"rendered":"The bombing of the girls’ school in Iran could be considered a war crime, UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UN Office for Human Rights has called for the opening of an international investigation following the attack on a girls’ school in Iran, resulting in nearly 200 victims. According to the institution, the bombing could constitute a war crime, and those responsible must be held accountable, reports IPN referring to Mediafax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T\u00fcrk, stated that the responsibility to investigate the attack falls on the forces that committed it. “We ask them to make their findings public and to ensure the accountability of those guilty, as well as the compensation of the victims,” added Volker T\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n\n

The Iranian authorities have announced that at least 168 girls aged between 7 and 12 years old died in the Saturday morning attack on a primary school. Among the victims are also 26 teachers, as well as four parents.<\/p>\n\n

On Tuesday, thousands of people gathered in the city of Minab for a mass funeral ceremony, according to Iranian press.<\/p>\n\n

Representatives of the Israeli army have stated that they had no information about an attack in the area at that time and that they are analyzing the reports that have emerged, a similar position being expressed by the United States as well.<\/p>\n\n

International humanitarian law imposes on all parties involved in a conflict the obligation to distinguish between civilians and military objectives – the principle of distinction. The destruction of civilian property is permitted only if it is proportional to a concrete military advantage and limited to the strict necessity.<\/p>\n\n

Attacks that do not respect these rules may constitute war crimes, specified a spokeswoman for the UN Office for Human Rights. However, the institution emphasized that, at this stage, it does not have enough information to draw a definitive conclusion in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"