UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity
The mission said the strikes killed 178 civilians and showed reckless targeting of clearly civilian sites.
- On Thursday, September 17, 2026, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council finding reasonable grounds that the U.S. committed war crimes and Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity.
- Two U.S. strikes in February constituted war crimes: Tomahawk missiles struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, killing more than 150 people, and precision missiles hit a Lamerd sports center, killing 22 civilians.
- According to U.N.-backed investigators, Iranian authorities carried out a systematic crackdown on anti-government protests beginning in late December 2025, involving unlawful killings, torture, and arbitrary detentions across all 31 provinces.
- Despite the findings, U.S. officials have not accepted responsibility. President Donald Trump claimed in June that "nobody" purposefully attacked the school, while U.S. Central Command denied launching strikes into Lamerd.
- The report, submitted to the Council in Geneva, urges both nations to cease violations and provide full reparations to victims. Its findings serve as an investigative assessment rather than a binding criminal conviction.
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There are sufficient reasons to believe that the US was responsible for two military strikes against a school and a sports facility in Iran in February, according to a UN report. There is strong criticism from the White House.
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U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran strikes
GENEVA — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.…
There are reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed war crimes when at least 177 civilians were killed in two attacks in southern Iran on February 28, the same day the war broke out, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) wrote in a report.
A UN investigation has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to consider the U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian elementary school and sports facilities this February, which killed over 170 civilians including children, as war crimes. In particular, given that the facilities were clearly identifiable civilians and no evidence was found that they were used for military purposes, the U.S. military is expected to bear significant responsibility for…
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