Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for ceasefire while accusing the US and Israel of breaking the deal reached to end last year’s 12-day war.
In an interview with NBC News, Araghchi said the US and Israel had already shattered the ceasefire reached to end last year’s 12-day war, adding, “And now you want to ask for a ceasefire again? This doesn’t work like this."
“There needs to be a permanent end to the war," he said. “Unless we get to that, I think we need to continue fighting for the sake of our people and our security."
He further claimed that the US and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know, they are attacking hospitals".
He referred to the incident that occurred in Minab, in southern Iran, during the first day of US and Israeli attacks on the country.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said the strike killed 150 students at the girls’ school. However, the death toll could not be independently verified.
Images aired on Iranian state television showed funerals held for the victims on Tuesday. Some footage also showed small coffins draped in Iranian flags being passed through large crowds before burial.
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The White House did not directly address the allegation but reiterated that the United States does not intentionally target civilians.
Reuters quoted two US officials saying that the United States military is investigating whether its forces were responsible for the strike on a girls’ school.
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