Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
A UN fact-finding mission concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe US forces were responsible for military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran, which the mission determined constituted war crimes. The report further found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on anti-government protests that began in late December. These findings are set to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, highlighting significant international legal concerns regarding the conduct of both nations.
- ▪The UN mission determined that the US strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab killed over 150 people, including approximately 120 schoolchildren, and amounted to a war crime.
- ▪Investigators found that US forces acted recklessly by failing to adequately verify intelligence that the school was a military objective before launching the attack.
- ▪The report also identified a separate US strike on a sports center in Lamerd as an indiscriminate attack that killed and injured 22 civilians.
- ▪UN experts concluded that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity, including unlawful killings and torture, during their suppression of nationwide protests.
- ▪The mission noted that the actual death toll from the Iranian crackdown is likely significantly higher than the official government figures of 3,038 killed.
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A man who lost his son in the school strike in February at the site of the atrocity in Minab, Iran, in August. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersView image in fullscreenA man who lost his son in the school strike in February at the site of the atrocity in Minab, Iran, in August. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersUS-Israel war on IranIran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN findsFact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in February constitute war crimesReuters in GenevaThu 17 Sep 2026 05.05 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 05.06 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA UN fact-finding mission on Iran has said there are reasonable grounds to believe the US was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran…
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