UN accuses US military of committing war crimes, Iranian regime of crimes against humanity

A UN fact-finding mission reported on Thursday that it has reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in February by conducting two military strikes on a school and a sports facility in Iran. The mission found that a strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, which killed over 150 people, including approximately 120 schoolchildren, was an indiscriminate attack. Investigators stated, "Rather, the US directed the strikes at the building of the school while being aware of a substantial risk of striking a civilian object and acting recklessly as regards the possibility that this would happen." Similarly, a strike on a Lamerd sports center, which damaged nearby buildings and killed or injured 22 civilians, was also deemed a war crime. The report also concluded that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on anti-government protests, citing unlawful killings, torture, and arbitrary detention.