US Strike On Iran School That Killed 150 May Be 'War Crime': UN Panel
A UN-backed expert panel found "reasonable grounds" to believe US forces committed war crimes in Iran, specifically citing two airstrikes, including one on a primary school in Minab that killed around 150 civilians. The report, submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, also accused the Iranian government of "gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity."
Why it matters
This report from a UN-backed panel raises serious allegations of war crimes against the US, potentially impacting international relations and accountability for military actions, while also highlighting human rights abuses by the Iranian regime.
A group of United Nations-backed experts found "reasonable grounds" to believe that US forces committed war crimes during the conflict against Iran, pointing to two airstrikes, including one that hit a primary school in Minab, killing around 150 civilians.In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, an independent fact-finding mission on Iran "found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects." The team, which submitted its report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, examined two strikes, including a Tomahawk cruise missile strike in late February on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, which killed more than 150 people.
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