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UN-backed human rights experts claim they have reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed war crimes during two strikes in Iran on February 28. These attacks killed at least 178 civilians, including children, and involved a missile hitting a school in Minab and another airstrike dispersing tungsten pellets over a sports complex and residential area in Lamerd. The fact-finding team's statement highlights the loss of life due to indiscriminate attacks by U.S. forces and raises allegations of war crimes against both the United States and Iran regarding civilian casualties during their conflict.

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On February 28, a UN-backed report found reasonable grounds to conclude that the US committed war crimes in Iran, focusing on two airstrikes: one hit Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, killing over 150 civilians, including approximately 120 children; another strike hit a sports complex and residential area in Lamerd, reportedly killing 22 people. The report also accused Iranian authorities of human rights violations during the country’s protests. In response, the White House dismissed the UN Human Rights Council's findings as "unserious nonsense," asserting that Iran is responsible for war crimes and terrorizing the world by seeking nuclear weapons.

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The UN-backed team cited the allegations of war crimes over two strikes — one involving Tomahawk missiles on the “clearly identifiable” school, and another airstrike where precision strike missiles dispersed tungsten pellets over a “clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area” in the southern city of Lamerd, also on February 28.

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UN-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran strikes · assertive framing

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Human rights experts commissioned by the UN's top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States (U.S.) committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. asserted

States → commission → Minab

The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings centre on a pair of airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children. asserted

that → find → women

At the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran in February, at least one U.S. missile hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, according to an Associated Press investigation. uncertain

missile → hit → investigation

There has been no final accounting of what happened. asserted

what → happen → ?

Iranian state media have said 168 people were killed in the strike, most of them children. asserted

most → say → them

“Following the United States and Israeli attacks on February 28, the mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects,” the fact-finding team said in a statement. asserted

team → follow → statement

The Trump administration has yet to directly accept the blame or release findings of a Pentagon investigation into the school bombing. asserted

administration → have → bombing

missiles → back → February

The UN-backed team said 22 civilian men and women were killed. asserted

men → back → ?

U.S. Central Command has denied responsibility for the strike on Lamerd. asserted

Command → deny → Lamerd

The team also said that killings by state security forces occurred on a “staggering scale” in Iran, and alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Iranian government. asserted

killings → say → government

It said civilians were caught between “gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by their own government and the nation's deadly conflict with the United States and Israel.” asserted

civilians → say → States

The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by jurist Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, is made of of independent experts and was created in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, the UN's top human rights body. asserted

mission → chair → Council