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UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike

GENEVA — The U.N. rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with some states voicing outrage over the incident. The emergency debate at the Geneva council was called by Iran to discuss the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School which Tehran says killed more than 175 children and teachers on the first day of the nearly month-long regional war which began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes. Reuters was first to report on March 5 that U.S. military investigators believed it was likely that U.S. forces were responsible but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe. Israel has also said it was investigating the incident. U.N. 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 U.S. officials in Washington this week. Asked for comment, Israel’s diplo

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