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UN calls for investigation into deadly strike on school in Iran

The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday urged what it described as the forces behind a deadly attack on a girls' school in Iran to investigate the incident and share their findings, without saying who it believed was responsible. "The High Commissioner [Volker Turk] calls for a prompt, impartial and thorough investigation into the circumstances of the attack. The onus is on the forces that carried out the attack to investigate it," UN human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told a Geneva press briefing. "This is absolutely horrific," Shamdasani said, adding that images circulating on social media captured "the essence of the destruction, despair and senselessness and cruelty of this conflict". Turk also urged all parties to exercise restraint and return to the negotiating table, she said. The school in southern Iran was hit on Saturday, the first day of US and Israeli attacks against the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...
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Qatar, Saudi Arabia arrest Israeli intel spies 'planning bombings': American journalist

United States political commentator and journalist Tucker Carlson claimed on Monday that Saudi Arabia and Qatar had apprehended and “arrested Israeli Mossad agents planning bombings in those countries.” “Why would the Israelis be committing bombings in Gulf countries, which are also being attacked by Iran?” Carlson said on his show. “Aren’t they on the same side?” “Israel wants to hurt Iran — and Qatar, and the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, and Oman and Kuwait,” he added. Carlson also claimed that Israel intentionally foments instability among the US Arab allies. The recent comments come as the US and Israel continue their military strikes on Iran, following a joint operation on Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking officials. Iran said schools and hospitals have also been targeted, killing hundreds of civilians. In the opening wave of attacks, about 163 girls were killed when a school in southern Iran was struck. Tehran responded by targeting Israel, as well as American military assets across the region, disrupting commercial travel, disrupting oil routes, and sending global energy prices higher. Read More: US and Israel must end military action, says Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck more than 500 US and Israeli locations using 700 drones along with hundreds of missiles. On Monday, a drone strike sparked what was described as a “limited fire” at Saudi Aramco’s oil refinery in Ras Tanura. Iranian Foreign Ministry said it was not responsible for targeting Saudi Aramco’s oil refinery, and claimed instead that Israel and the US have been carrying out drone attacks from bases in Arab countries. Tehran accused them of trying to provoke Arab states into attacking Iran and sparking a wider conflict across the Muslim world.

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