UN fact-finding mission says US committed possible war crimes in Iran

The mission also said Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their crackdown on protests in late 2025 and early this year.

UN mission says US may have committed war crimes in Iran, accuses Tehran of crimes against humanity

The United States likely committed “war crimes” in Iran when it launched a pair of air strikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children, a United Nations fact-finding mission has found.

The report by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran on Thursday also accused Iran of human rights violations and crimes against humanity during protests last year and in early 2026 .

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The mission referred to the US attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab , which killed over 150 people – including approximately 120 children – on February 28, when the US and Israel launched their war against Iran .

The mission also referred to the US air strike on a “clearly identifiable” sports complex and residential area in Lamerd the same day, where precision strike missiles dispersed clouds of tungsten pellets, killing 22 civilian men and women.

The findings, to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, examined the US’s conduct during the Iran war and the Iranian government’s response to nationwide unrest that began in late December.

US air strikes against civilians

The attack on the school in Minab was conducted with the use of Tomahawk missiles.

“The Mission concluded that when identifying and directing its attack against the primary school in Minab, whose civilian nature is apparent, the US failed in its obligation to do everything feasible to verify that it was a military objective,” the report stated.

The report’s authors said that photographs and videos depicting the school before and after the strike showed “readily identifiable features” that it was associated with an educational facility for young children.

“These included child-oriented murals painted on exterior walls, school signage, and playground areas,” said the UN report.

“According to public reporting, satellite imagery of the school before the strike also appears to show human figures, readily identifiable as children, gathered in its courtyard.”

Following the strike, state-affiliated media showed widespread destruction at the site, including parents holding the body parts of their children, and bloodied backpacks and schoolbooks.

“Several families lost more than one child, reflecting the devastating impact of the attack on families and the wider community,” the report said.

In June, US President Donald Trump said that “nobody” purposefully attacked a girls’ school in Iran in February, citing an investigation into the incident, for which the Pentagon has not yet published any findings.

Regarding the strike in Lamerd, the mission similarly found that the sports centre attacked was “visibly separate” from an adjacent compound belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The US Central Command said in a statement in March that US forces did not launch any strikes into the city of Lamerd on that day.

The UN mission additionally accused Iran of repressing demonstrators during the country’s 2025-2026 protests through an internet shutdown, unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances and severe restrictions on freedom of expression.

It also stated that the number of deaths and injuries by state forces is much higher than the government’s reported toll – which says 3,038 people were killed and 25,000 people injured – but could not verify exact numbers.

Tehran claims the majority of deaths occurred due to “rioters” during the protests backed by exiled opponents and the US and Israel.

The UN fact-finding mission urged Iran and the US to immediately end hostilities, provide reparations to victims, and seek permanent peace through diplomatic means.

该代表团还表示，伊朗当局在 2025 年末和今年年初镇压抗议活动期间犯下了反人类罪。

联合国特派团称美国可能在伊朗犯下战争罪行，并指责德黑兰犯有反人类罪。

联合国一个实况调查团发现，美国在伊朗发动的两次空袭造成至少 178 名平民死亡，其中包括妇女和儿童，美国很可能在伊朗犯下了“战争罪”。

联合国伊朗问题独立国际实况调查团周四发布的报告还指责伊朗在去年和2026年初的抗议活动中侵犯人权和犯下反人类罪。

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该任务指的是美国于 2 月 28 日袭击米纳布的沙贾雷·塔伊贝小学，造成 150 多人死亡，其中包括约 120 名儿童。当时，美国和以色列对伊朗发动了战争。

该任务还提到了当天美国对拉默德一个“清晰可辨”的体育中心和居民区进行的空袭，精确打击导弹散布出大量钨弹丸，造成 22 名平民男女死亡。

调查结果将提交给日内瓦的联合国人权理事会，调查内容包括美国在伊朗战争期间的行为以及伊朗政府对12月底开始的全国性动乱的回应。

美国空袭平民

对米纳布学校的袭击使用了战斧导弹。

报告指出：“特派团得出结论，美国在确定并指挥对米纳布小学（其民用性质显而易见）的攻击时，未能履行其尽一切可能核实该目标是否为军事目标的义务。”

报告的作者表示，罢工前后学校的照片和视频显示出“易于识别的特征”，表明该学校是一所幼儿教育机构。

联合国报告称：“这些包括绘制在外墙上的儿童主题壁画、学校标牌和操场区域。”

“据公开报道，罢工前学校的卫星图像也显示，一些人影聚集在学校的院子里，很容易辨认出是孩子。”

袭击发生后，官方媒体展示了现场的大规模破坏，包括父母抱着孩子的残肢断臂，以及沾满鲜血的书包和课本。

报告称：“一些家庭失去了不止一个孩子，这反映出此次袭击对家庭和更广泛的社区造成了毁灭性的影响。”

今年6月，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，2月份伊朗一所女子学校遭到袭击“没有人”蓄意为之，并援引了对该事件的调查结果，但五角大楼尚未公布任何调查结果。

关于拉梅尔德的袭击事件，调查团同样发现，被袭击的体育中心与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）的邻近院落“明显分开”。

美国中央司令部在3月份的一份声明中表示，美军当天没有对拉默德市发动任何袭击。

联合国特派团还指责伊朗在2025-2026年该国抗议活动期间，通过关闭互联网、非法杀戮、酷刑、任意拘留、强迫失踪和严重限制言论自由来镇压示威者。

报告还指出，国家安全部队造成的死亡和受伤人数远高于政府公布的死亡人数（政府称有 3,038 人死亡，25,000 人受伤），但无法核实确切数字。

德黑兰方面声称，大多数死亡事件是由于流亡反对派以及美国和以色列支持的抗议活动中的“暴徒”造成的。

联合国实况调查团敦促伊朗和美国立即停止敌对行动，向受害者提供赔偿，并通过外交手段寻求永久和平。