European Lawmaker Calls for Probe into Deadly Minab School Attack, Citing Possible War Crime
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STRASBOURG — A member of the European Parliament (MEP) has called for an immediate investigation into the February 28 US-Israeli strike on an elementary school in the Iranian city of Minab, labeling the attack a potential war crime that European leaders are too weak to confront .
Speaking at a memorial gathering outside the Iranian embassy in Brussels on May 8, 2026, Slovak MEP Milan Uhrik said the scale and nature of the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School for girls suggested it was preplanned .
“The attack on a school in Minab, Iran, where dozens of children were killed, must be investigated, because it could well have been a planned strike. Everyone can see what Israel is capable of in Gaza, what they are doing to civilians – children, women, the elderly in Lebanon, and in Beirut.”
— Slovak MEP Milan Uhrik
Uhrik has reportedly sent a letter to the European Commission demanding an investigation into the attack. He criticized European institutions as “weak” for failing to examine the strikes, accusing them of being unable to resist the aggressive policies of Israel and the United States .
💣 The Minab School Strike By the Numbers
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Date of Attack | February 28, 2026 (First day of the US-Israeli war) |
| Location | Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, Minab, Hormozgan province |
| Weapon | US‑made Tomahawk cruise missiles |
| Deaths | 175 (including 168 female students and teachers) |
| Injured | 95 |
| Death Toll Context | Relates to civilians only |
After the attack, conflicting explanations emerged. Iran has consistently maintained that the strike was a deliberate war crime, arguing that the US possesses the most advanced targeting systems and could not have mistaken a school for a military objective .
The US initially said it was investigating. President Donald Trump later claimed that Iranian forces may have caused the explosion, without providing evidence. Subsequently, US media and other sources reported that the attack may have been a catastrophic targeting error due to outdated intelligence .
📜 Calls for Probe and Accountability
In the weeks since the attack, multiple international voices have called for an investigation.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk: He characterized the Minab attack as a “visceral horror,” confirming 175 deaths (including 168 children) and noting that “the onus is on those who carried out the attack to investigate it promptly, impartially, transparently and thoroughly” .
- UN Human Rights Council: An emergency session was held at the request of Iran, China, and Cuba, where speakers condemned the attack as a potential war crime .
- Italian PM Giorgia Meloni: Meloni denounced the strike as “outside the scope of international law” and called for a “rapid investigation” to hold those responsible accountable .
- Irish Politician Mick Wallace: The former MEP called the bombing “a heinous crime against children and humanity,” questioning “whether European governments will ever actually condemn this war crime” .
These calls, however, have not yet produced a formal EU investigation.
🌍 The “Double Standards” Accusation
The core of MEP Uhrik’s criticism is that the EU applies double standards: willing to censure other nations for civilian casualties but silent when the United States or Israel are involved.
“Anyone can see that because perpetrators are the US and Israel, and Europeans are afraid of them, the European Commission and European leaders obviously apply double standards and do not investigate such crimes because they are weak,” Uhrik stated, as reported by Iranian media and TASS .
🇮🇷 Iran’s Diplomatic Offensive
Iran has made the Minab attack a centerpiece of its diplomatic offensive at the UN. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addressed an emergency session of the Human Rights Council, stating that over 600 schools have been demolished or damaged in Iran since the war began, and that over 1,000 students and teachers have been martyred or wounded .
“At a time when the American-Israeli aggressors, in their own assertions, possess the most advanced technologies, and the highest-precision military and data systems, no one can believe that the attack on the school was anything other than deliberate and intentional.”
— Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister
While international calls for accountability grow, and a minority of European lawmakers press for a probe, the prospects of a formal EU investigation remain low. The consensus in Brussels is to focus on ending the wider war with Iran and reopening the Strait of Hormuz — an approach that MEP Uhrik and other critics argue amounts to complicity through silence.
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