UN finds reasonable grounds US committed war crimes in Iran

A UN fact-finding mission reported on 2026-09-17 that the United States likely committed war crimes in February airstrikes on a school and sports facility in the Iranian city of Minab, killing at least 178 civilians. The mission also found Iran committed crimes against humanity during a 2022 crackdown; the White House rejected the war crimes findings.

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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds

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Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in ⁠February constitute war ⁠crimes A UN fact-finding mission on Iran has said there are reasonable grounds to believe the US was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in ⁠February, and that these constituted war ⁠crimes. It also found Iranian ​authorities committed crimes against humanity during

BREAKING NEWS United Nations mission finds grounds to believe the Trump regime committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iran. This comes following strikes on school that killed 120 children

mastodon:mstdn-socialother12d ago kagi ↗

BREAKING NEWS United Nations mission finds grounds to believe the Trump regime committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iran. This comes following strikes on school that killed 120 children. # AureFreePress # News # uspol # wariniran # BreakingNews

US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes on Iranian school, sports centre: UN

rss:toi-topinternational12d ago kagi ↗

An investigation by a UN mission revealed that US military operations on a school and sports facility in February were war crimes, resulting in the deaths of more than 150 individuals, including innocent schoolchildren. Additionally, Iranian authorities faced accusations of committing crimes against humanity during their protests, involving unlawful killings and torture of civilians, with findings

UN mission finds reasonable grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in Iran

rss:axiosus_mainstream12d ago kagi ↗

The U.S. may have committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran , including a mass-casualty strike on a school for which Washington has yet to claim responsibility, a UN fact-finding mission said Thursday. The big picture: The administration has waged a campaign of aggressive, norm-busting war-fighting, with the president repeatedly threatening to hit civilian infrastructure in his pressure campa

Human rights experts: 'Reasonable grounds' to believe US committed war crimes with Iran strikes

rss:thehillus_mainstream12d ago kagi ↗

The United Nations's fact-finding mission on Iran said Thursday it found “reasonable grounds” that the U.S. military committed war crimes in two airstrikes inside Iran and accused Iran’s government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its citizens during the forceful crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this year. The mission is made up of independent...

U.N. Finds Trump Likely Committed War Crimes in Iran War

lemmy:lemmy-worldother12d ago kagi ↗

An independent group tapped by the United Nations’ top human rights body reported Thursday that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran. The cited atrocity was a pair of Tomahawk missile strikes on the “clearly identifiable” Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab—a city in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan—and a sports complex in Lamerd that

A new report said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the US was behind two strikes on a school and a sports facility, and that these were war crimes. https://www. yahoo.com/news/world/artic

mastodon:mstdn-socialother11d ago kagi ↗

A new report said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the US was behind two strikes on a school and a sports facility, and that these were war crimes. https://www. yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ us-committed-war-crimes-iran-202006239.html

UN fact-finding mission finds 'grounds to believe' U.S. committed war crimes in 2 strikes on Iran | CBC News

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www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... This should be front page news everywhere! UN mission finds 'grounds to believe' U.S. committed war crimes in strikes on Iranian school, sports centre A United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school ‌and sports facility in Iran in Februa...

UN mission says grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran

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A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes. It also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani takes

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UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians

stream:bsky-jetstreamother10d ago kagi ↗

Apparently, you didn’t read the report “confirmed that civilians in the country suffered serious human rights violations and “crimes against humanity committed by their government,” while finding "reasonable grounds" to believe that the U.S. committed “war crimes” news.un.org/en/story/202... The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran confirmed that civilians in the country suffered

UN Report: Reasonable Grounds to Believe US Committed War Crimes in Iran

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"UN Report: Reasonable Grounds to Believe US Committed War Crimes in Iran": https://news.antiwar.com/2026/09/17/un-report-reasonable-grounds-to-believe-us-committed-war-crimes-in-iran/ A UN fact-finding mission concluded that the US intentionally targeted a school building in Iran that was struck on the opening day of the war, rejecting the possibility that the school was accidentally hit during a