US Forces Committed War Crimes in Iran:UN
The United Nations human rights Fact Finding Mission has found strong evidence that the United States committed war crimes. The mission says US military strikes hit an educational institution and a sports complex in Iran. These attacks caused civilian deaths and damage. The panel of UN backed human rights experts released the findings this week.
The panel says the United States attacked a primary school in Minab city and a sports complex in Lamerd city in southern Iran. Both attacks happened in February. The panel calls these attacks a clear case of international war crimes.
The report states that US forces used a Tomahawk cruise missile to strike a clearly marked primary school in Minab city on February 28. The building was clearly identifiable as a school before the strike happened.
On the same day, forces launched a precision strike missile at a clearly marked sports complex and a nearby residential area in Lamerd city. The missile released harmful tungsten pellets after impact. These pellets caused many civilian deaths and injuries among ordinary people.
The UN fact finding panel issued a statement about the attacks. The panel said it found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes through indiscriminate attacks. It said these attacks targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure without distinction.
The panel stated that the strikes came after joint US and Israeli air attacks on February 28. The report raises strong concern about this pattern of military action. It calls the strikes reckless and indiscriminate in nature.
The UN has expressed deep concern about this type of military conduct. The panel’s findings add pressure for further investigation into the strikes. The full report calls for accountability over the civilian harm caused.
