U.N.-backed experts allege U.S. war crimes in Iran

cbsnews.com·2026-09-17T11:36:00.000Z
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Humanitarian Reporting

This article documents human rights concerns or humanitarian issues using credible institutional sources. It is not considered a psychological operation.

This article is not considered a psychological operation. It reports on findings by a U.N.-backed human rights team that the United States likely committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran on February 28, 2026, including one on a clearly identifiable school in Minab that killed scores of civilians, many of them young schoolgirls. The report cites reasonable grounds to believe the attacks were indiscriminate, while also noting Iran's own widespread human rights violations during a January crackdown.

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