UN probe finds US likely committed Iran war crimes

Pain remains fresh 6 months after US-Israeli attack on school in MinabMINAB, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 10: A view of a school damaged in an attack by the United States and Israel six months ago are seen in Minab, Hormozgan province, Iran, on September 11, 2026. Six months after an attack by the United States and Israel on a school in Minab, Hormozgan province, Iran, the pain of the victims' families remains as fresh as on the first day. The school, which was reduced to rubble, and the cemetery where the victims were buried are seen six months after the attack, with photographs of those killed displayed among the debris and at the cemetery. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images) — A school damaged in an attack by the United States and Israel in Minab, Hormozgan province, Iran

(Image credit: Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu / Getty Images)

What happened

U.S. officials “have ascribed the school strike to a targeting error,” The New York Times said, though the Pentagon “has not published the results of its investigation” into the bombing. The U.N. investigators said the “clearly identifiable” elementary school was the “intended point of impact,” and the U.S. military’s use of outdated targeting data “went beyond mere negligence.” The White House said Iran is the “only party in this conflict that has committed war crimes,” and the U.N. Human Rights Council, which created the mission in 2022, has been “spouting unserious nonsense for decades.”

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