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UN says US likely committed war crimes in Iran, including Minab
A UN fact-finding mission says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the US carried out two strikes in Iran that constituted war crimes.
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- A new report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said missile strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd in February amounted to indiscriminate attacks that caused civilian deaths and damaged civilian infrastructure.
- UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians.
- The experts also concluded that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during a crackdown on mass anti-government protests in January.
- Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday, and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.
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- 132 words · 1 min read
- Published
- September 17, 2026
- Source
- The New Arab