UN experts allege possible US war crimes in Iran strikes

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According to UN-commissioned human rights experts, a new investigation into US military operations in Iran has concluded there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes during at least two strikes early in the war.[5][6][12] The report focuses on a February attack on an elementary school in the southern city of Minab and a separate strike on a sports complex in Lamerd, incidents that allegedly killed and wounded civilians in locations with no clear immediate military objective.[5][6][12] The US has not publicly acknowledged responsibility for these specific strikes, but the UN experts’ findings add to mounting concern over the conduct of the campaign, which has already driven up global energy prices and triggered protests over fuel costs and blackouts in multiple countries.[5][6][12] Regional media also note that the same UN-backed inquiry accuses Iranian authorities of crimes against humanity in their domestic crackdown, underscoring how the conflict is entrenching severe human rights abuses on both sides.[7] With the war in Iran reshaping global geopolitics and economic conditions, the allegation that a major power may have violated core provisions of international humanitarian law is being treated as a pivotal development by diplomats, rights groups, and governments worldwide.[5][6][7][10][12]

Sources: BBC News, NPR, CNN, South China Morning Post, DT Next