UN: 'Reasonable grounds' some US strikes in Iran were war crimes
The U.N.’s fact-finding mission on Iran acknowledged it found “reasonable grounds” to conclude the U.S. military committed war crimes in two bombings inside Iran that allegedly resulted in civilian casualties.
TL;DR
- The UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran found reasonable grounds that U.S. strikes in Minab and Lamerd constituted war crimes.
- The Minab strike allegedly killed over 150 people, including children, at a school on a military base.
- The Lamerd strike reportedly killed 22 civilians using Precision Strike Missiles on a sports complex and residential area.
- U.S. Central Command is investigating the Minab strike but has disputed other allegations of U.S. strikes on civilian infrastructure.
- The UN mission also documented extensive state violence, including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrests, during crackdowns on dissent in Iran.