{
  "id": 8074684,
  "title": "UN investigators find 'reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/un-investigators-find-reasonable-grounds-us-committed-war-crimes-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:31:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-investigators-find-reasonable-grounds-us-committed-war-crimes-iran"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United Nations has found \"reasonable grounds\" to believe that the United States committed war crimes during its strikes on a primary school and a sports complex in Iran, according to a UN fact-finding mission. The school attack, which killed at least 150 people including approximately 120 children, was carried out with a Tomahawk missile and was not due to an errant missile, the UN investigators concluded. The UN report stated that the strike was deliberate and aimed at the school, located approximately 72 meters away from the nearest Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility. The UN investigators also found that another US strike hit a \"clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area\" in the southern Iranian city of Lamerd, using a previously untested ballistic missile. The UN fact-finders concluded that the US attack was \"indiscriminate\" and violated the principle of distinction in international humanitarian law due to the use of the Precision Strike Missile, which detonates just above its target and launches thousands of tungsten pellets, posing a high risk of civilian casualties.",
  "summary": "UN investigators find 'reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 09/17/2026 - 18:14 US launched 'indiscriminate' attacks with the Minab elementary school strike, not due to an errant missile, the United Nations finds The graves of people and children killed in the US strike on a primary school are seen in Minab, Iran, on 10 August 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP)…",
  "key_points": [
    "UN investigators find reasonable grounds US committed war crimes in Iran.",
    "US strikes on primary school and sports complex in Iran killed at least 150 people.",
    "School attack killed 120 children, strike was deliberate and violated international law."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "UN investigators find 'reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/un-investigators-find-reasonable-grounds-us-committed-war-crimes-in-8082218",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:45:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}