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- A UN-backed fact-finding mission says it has found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes on southern Iran on February 28.
- One strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, with Iranian state media reporting 168 deaths, most of them children.
- A second strike on Lamerd used Precision Strike Missiles that scattered tungsten pellets over a sports complex and residential area, killing 22 civilians.
- The Trump administration has not accepted responsibility for the Minab strike, and US Central Command has denied responsibility for the Lamerd attack.
- The findings are not legally binding, but the mission says the report could support future accountability efforts through international justice mechanisms.
What to watch next
- Release of the Pentagon investigation findings into the Minab school strike
- Whether the US responds formally to the UN mission's report
- Any follow-up steps toward international accountability mechanisms
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Pete Hegseth
Defence Secretary of the United States
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“never target civilian targets”
In the article
…On that basis, they said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" the US carried out the strike. The US military has not released the findings of its investigation. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said it would " never target civilian targets ". In Lamerd, Precision Strike Missiles dispersed clouds of tungsten pellets over a sports complex and nearby residential area, killing at least 21 civilians, including seven children, according to local authorities.…
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
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“reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed the war crime of launching an indiscriminate attack resulting in civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian objects.”
In the article
…According to the UN-backed experts, the attack killed civilians, including women and children. Iranian state media has reported that 168 people were killed, most of them children. The experts reportedly said they found reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed the war crime of launching an indiscriminate attack resulting in civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian objects. The fact-finding mission concluded that the school building itself was the intended point of impact, rather than the damage being caused by an errant missile or collateral damage from an attack on a nearby compound…
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Named United States · Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Revolutionary Guard · Antonio Guterres · Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran · Pete Hegseth · Sara Hossain · UN Human Rights Council · United Nations Human Rights Council · US Central Command
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