UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity

A UN fact-finding mission has found reasonable grounds to believe that the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, which constituted war crimes. According to RTE News, over 150 people were killed in one of the attacks, including around 120 schoolchildren, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in the city of Minab.

The mission also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on anti-government protests. The findings are included in a report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which will be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The US and Iranian governments have responded differently to the allegations. US officials have stated that military operations are conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict, while Iran has rejected allegations of systematic rights violations.

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