British News Agency

According to CCTV, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva, Bahreini, said during a children’s rights meeting held as part of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the responsibility for the attack lies with the United States and Israel, adding: “Those who kill children with these barbaric acts must be held accountable.”

Following the incident, Bahreini sent a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid, calling for the attack to be condemned and investigated.

In the United States, a joint statement issued by six Democratic senators said that the attack may have been carried out by U.S. forces. The statement noted that if the allegations are confirmed, the incident could be one of the deadliest civilian casualty events in recent decades during U.S. military operations in the Middle East.

Officials said that 165 people were killed in the attack and that most of the victims were girls around 10 years old.