UN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike
The strike - which killed at least 168 people, mostly children - "evoked a visceral horror", Volker Türk said.
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""The images of bombed-out classrooms and grieving parents showed clearly who pays the highest price for war: civilians with no power in the decisions that led to conflict.""
— Volker Türk , Activist
""This atrocity cannot be justified, cannot be concealed, and must not be met with silence and indifference.""
— Abbas Araghchi , Politician
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The strike - which killed at least 168 people, mostly children - "evoked a visceral horror", Volker Türk said.
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