Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani made the demand during an address before an open debate of the United Nations Security Council on “Children and Armed Conflict” in New York on Wednesday as he condemned the US attack in Minab on February 28.

In the “most horrific crime”, 168 schoolgirls and schoolboys between the ages of 7 and 12, as well as teachers and parents, were killed and more than 96 others injured when the school was struck twice by United States missiles as 264 students were attending classes, he said.

"Many victims remained trapped beneath the rubble for hours, and several bodies were so badly injured that they could not be identified," Iravani told the 15-member Council.

He added that the children were civilians protected under international humanitarian law and were exercising their “fundamental right to education” in a safe place.

“The attack on Minab constitutes two of the Security Council’s six grave violations against children: the killing and maiming of children and attacks on schools,” the envoy said, reiterating firmly that the United States committed a war crime.

Iravani emphasized that the attack “is not only an Iranian tragedy, saying that "it is a challenge to the credibility of the international legal order in which the UN was built.”

While acknowledging the Secretary General's latest report and commending Special Representative of the Secretary-General Vanessa Freizer for her efforts, Iravani criticized the document for failing to adequately reflect the “devastating humanitarian consequences” of the Israeli regime's aggression against children in Iran during its 12-day war in June 2025, which killed 47 children.

According to Iravani, the broader US-Israeli aggression resulted in the martyrdom of 220 Iranian children, including 17 under the age of five while numerous schools, educational institutions, and civilian infrastructure were deliberately struck, destroyed, or severely damaged.

"We cannot discuss the protection of children without addressing one of the gravest war crimes committed against Iranian children by the United States and the Israeli regime," Iravani said.

He voiced Iran’s unequivocal condemnation of these heinous war crimes and called for full accountability for all perpetrators, planners, and commanders.

“The memory of the children of Minab demands justice, accountability, and action—not silence,” the ambassador pointed out.

He affirmed that safeguarding children must not be subject to “selective” approaches, saying international law must be applied to all without discrimination or double standards.