Overview
- The Independent International Fact‑Finding Mission said Thursday it has reasonable grounds to believe two February strikes — on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd — were indiscriminate attacks that amount to war crimes.
- Investigators concluded the Minab strike hit the clearly identifiable Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School after U.S. targeting intelligence that named a senior Iranian commander was not sufficiently verified, and Iranian officials say the blast killed more than 150 people including about 120 children.
- The mission found the Lamerd strike damaged homes and a school and killed or injured civilians, classifying it as indiscriminate, while U.S. Central Command has previously denied carrying out strikes there on that day.
- The same UN report says Iranian authorities carried out a widespread and systematic crackdown on late‑December protests that rose to the level of crimes against humanity, documenting killings, torture, mass arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances and noting official casualty figures are likely an undercount.
- The report will go to the Human Rights Council and could shape debate at the U.N. General Assembly, while a separate elevated Pentagon probe into the Minab strike remains open and the findings increase calls for independent investigations and possible legal referrals.