Philippe Bolopion

Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

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Philippe Bolopion is executive director of Human Rights Watch

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In the latest escalation in the Middle East, warring sides have demonstrated disturbing disregard for civilian life.

People gather at the site of a destroyed building at a school where several people were killed in a reported strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Minab, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on February 28, 2026. Social Media/via Reuters TV/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS USE ONLY. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. REFILE – REMOVING ATTRIBUTION TO STRIKE VERIFICATION: -Building, curb, road layout, wall, trees and utility pole matched satellite imagery -Coordinates: 27.109684199332207, 57.08493282609587 -Exact date not verified, but no earlier version of the videos was found posted online before February 28 -Iranian state media reported on February 28 that Israel struck a school in southern Iran, resulting in 40 deaths. -The website of the school has an address that matches the coordinates

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