UN rights experts say US likely committed war crimes in Iran

United Nations human rights experts have concluded that the United States likely committed war crimes in Iran following a fact-finding mission. They base their conclusion on attacks that took place in February 2020, specifically on an Iranian school and a sports facility. One of these attacks involved a double-tap strike on an elementary school in Minab, which resulted in the deaths of 165 people, primarily students ranging from seven to twelve years old.

The second strike killed survivors who were seeking shelter. A second venue, a sportshall in the city of Lamerd, was hit and killed at least 21 people, including a large number of teenage girls. An investigation by The New York Times revealed that the strike was executed using a recently developed US-made ballistic missile that had not been tested in combat.

The UN-backed panel stated that both the school and the sports hall were clearly identifiable targets. They also found reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed the war crime by launching indiscriminate attacks, resulting in the loss of civilian life or injury to civilians, as well as damage to civilian objects.