UN Commission Finds U.S. Committed War Crimes in Iran Attacks

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, a UN fact-finding mission announced on Thursday that there are justifiable reasons to believe the United States was responsible for two military strikes in Iran during February. These attacks, which targeted a school and a sports facility, are considered to be war crimes.

The findings of the new report by the “Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Iran,” slated for submission to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, examine the actions of the United States during what is described as its unlawful military aggression against Iran, which commenced in February.

UN experts stated they have found credible evidence indicating U.S. forces were responsible for the assault on the “Shajareh-ye Tayyebah” elementary school in the city of Minab. Iranian officials reported that this attack resulted in the martyrdom of over 150 individuals, including approximately 120 students. The commission concluded that this action was an indiscriminate attack, causing civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure, thereby constituting a war crime under international law.

Investigators reported that failures in updating targeting information and in verifying that the building was a military objective went beyond simple negligence.

Reuters had previously reported that initial internal U.S. Army investigations suggested American forces were responsible for the deadly attack in Minab, located in southern Iran. The experts emphasized that the school was clearly a civilian target and found no evidence of its use for military purposes. The experts reached a similar conclusion regarding an attack on a sports complex in Lamerd. The report indicates that this strike damaged residential buildings and a nearby school, leading to the injury and martyrdom of 22 civilians. The report concluded that this attack was also indiscriminate, thus qualifying as a war crime.