The National Network, comprising 1,099 charity organizations, condemned the deadly assault on the Shajareh Tayebeh Primary School in Minab County in a joint statement addressed to the United Nations.
The statement, aimed at condemning the brutal attack on the Minab school, was sent to the UN, special rapporteurs, and the Human Rights Council through official communication channels.
In the letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General, it is stated that the two-phase attack on the school in Minab turned a place of learning and refuge for children into a scene of violence and horror.
According to accounts by rescue workers cited in the statement, several teachers’ bodies were severely damaged, and heavy casualties occurred, especially in the school’s prayer hall where children had sought shelter.
The statement also reports that dozens of children were injured, with nearly 90 of them hospitalized with severe wounds.
Its authors emphasize that targeting children in their place of education constitutes a clear violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, urging relevant UN bodies to investigate and document the attack as a war crime.
Full text of the statement:
Mr. Secretary-General,
I stand here to be the voice of the voiceless — of a school in Minab, where a two-phase attack turned a sanctuary of learning into a scene of utter terror.
A rescuer’s testimony unveils a harrowing reality: he found the remains of ten fellow teachers — not as educators, but as burned, unrecognizable bodies. Yet, the children’s fate was even more heartbreaking. In the prayer hall where they had sought refuge, innocent lives were torn apart. Rescuers were forced to collect severed limbs and small body parts into plastic bags, desperately trying to shield grieving parents from the unbearable sight of their shattered children. Today, nearly ninety children lie in hospitals — their childhoods stolen by devastating burns and amputations.
Targeting children in their place of refuge is not a strategic assault; it is the ultimate violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and a stain on the conscience of humanity.
We urgently call upon this Council and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health to:
- Officially document and condemn this massacre as a war crime.
- Ensure that those who ordered and carried out the attack on “protected sites” face the highest level of international criminal accountability.
Thank you.
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