U.S. strike on Iranian school may be war crime, U.N. panel says
The group also blamed the Iranian government for "gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity," including in recent violent crackdowns.
An independent U.N. panel has concluded that the United States may have committed war crimes during a series of airstrikes against Iran, including one that targeted a primary school in Minab. The panel's report, submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council, found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the U.S. launched indiscriminate attacks resulting in civilian casualties.
The investigation examined two strikes, one involving a Tomahawk cruise missile that killed over 150 people at the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, and another that dispersed tungsten pellets over a sports complex and residential area in Lamerd, killing 22 people. The panel also criticized the Iranian government for human rights violations and crimes against humanity, including recent crackdowns on protesters.
The U.S. White House and Pentagon have denied the allegations, with the White House calling the report "unserious nonsense" and the Pentagon stating the incident is under investigation.
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