{"id":317819,"date":"2026-03-02T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/317819\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:03:08","slug":"deadly-bombing-of-iran-primary-school-a-grave-violation-of-humanitarian-law-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/317819\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly bombing of Iran primary school \u2018a grave violation of humanitarian law\u2019: UNESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The missiles reportedly destroyed a girl\u2019s primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killing around 150 and wounding almost 100. Many students are believed to be among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNESCO\/status\/2028122523183845633?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a> released on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO<\/a> expressed deep alarm at the impact of the military attacks, which continued into Sunday, and noted that pupils in a place dedicated to learning are protected under international humanitarian law, and that \u201cattacks against educational institutions endanger students and teachers and undermine the right to education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO joined a host of bodies from across the United Nations system and senior officials, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>, to condemn the military attacks, as well as the retaliatory strikes by Iran that hit several Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n<p>Malala \u2018heartbroken and appalled\u2019 by strike<\/p>\n<p>United Nations Messenger of Peace and Nobel Peace laurate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/messengers-peace\/malala-yousafzai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malala Yousafzai<\/a> announced that she was heartbroken and appalled by the bombing of the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772452988_79_image1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace, speaking at the SDG Moment event at the United Nations.\" title=\"Malala Yousafzai, UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Laureate, addresses the SDG Moment at the United Nations.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations (file)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe killing of civilians, especially children, is unconscionable, and I condemn it unequivocally,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Malala\/status\/2027839488710340647?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> in a social media post, and called for the escalation of violence across the region to end, and for justice and accountability to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll states and parties must uphold their obligations under international law to protect civilians and safeguard schools,\u201d she wrote. \u201cEvery child deserves to live and learn in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/messengers-peace\/malala-yousafzai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malala<\/a> became an international symbol of the fight for girls\u2019 education after she was shot in 2012 for opposing Taliban restrictions on female education in her home country of Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The missiles reportedly destroyed a girl\u2019s primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killing around 150 and wounding almost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-317819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}