American lawmakers protested against the attack on girls’ school in Iran, killing of girls aged 7 to 12 years.
New Delhi. Many senators have written a letter to the Pentagon in protest against the attack on Iran in America, seeking a response. More than 40 US senators have written a letter to the Pentagon protesting the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran. 168 people were reportedly killed in this blast. On February 28, when America and Israel started attacking, an airstrike took place on Minab Primary School, a girls’ primary school in Iran. Most of the children died in this attack.
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Letter written to Defense Minister Pete Hegseth
In a letter written to Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, MPs have expressed concern over the airstrike carried out on a children’s school on February 28. Also sought answers from Pentagon on this. The group that wrote this letter includes Senators Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine, Elizabeth Warren and Brian Schatz. It has the support of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as well as more than 40 other lawmakers. The senators said in the letter that the war against Iran has been started without the approval of Congress. It was also said that during the war between America and Israel, American and international laws should be followed. Most of those killed in the attacks were girls aged 7 to 12
Demand to make investigation and results public
The senators said the school attacks and any other US military actions that harm civilians should be immediately investigated, and the findings should be made public as soon as possible, along with steps to ensure accountability. Hegseth said that America is reviewing this attack.
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Expressed concern over attacks on common people
In addition to the Minab attack, senators also expressed concern over the high number of civilian casualties in the fighting. He wrote that there are also reports that many hospitals, cultural heritage sites and other important roads, vehicles and bridges have also been targeted in the air strikes. Explosive weapons are being used in big cities and populated areas of Iran. It also includes the capital, Tehran, where about 9 million people live.
As of March 10, more than 1,245 civilians had been killed in the fighting and more than 12,000 were injured, the senators reported, citing the US Human Rights Watch news agency. The school that was attacked in Iran was near an Iranian naval base. Lawmakers asked the Pentagon to clarify whether US forces attacked the school and, if so, what the target was, what analysis was done to identify the building, and what steps were taken to minimize civilian casualties.
They also questioned whether AI tools were used to plan or execute the attacks and what safeguards were in place to verify AI targets.
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