The UN rights chief urged the United States to conclude an investigation into a deadly strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, as several states voiced outrage over the massacre of 170 people.The emergency debate at the Geneva council was called by Iran to discuss the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ School in Minab, which killed more than 170 people – children and teachers – on the first day of the nearly month-long war launched by the US and Israel.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUN Human Rights chief Volker Turk called for Washington to conclude its probe as soon as possible and publish the results.“There must be justice for the terrible harm done,” he said by video link after meetings with US officials in Washington this week.The Israeli and US diplomatic missions to the United Nations in Geneva did not immediately respond to further questions about the incident and the status of their investigations. Their seats were empty as both have disengaged from the body.Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva Bilal Ahmad said the death of schoolchildren was unconscionable while China’s ambassador Jia Guide said he was deeply shocked.The school was located near a base belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The UN special rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, said, “If journalists and civil society groups, using only open source access could rela …
