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UN-backed panel says US strikes on Iran schools may be war crimes

A UN-supported expert panel said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe US forces committed war crimes during the Iran conflict, citing two airstrikes. The panel examined a Tomahawk cruise missile strike on the Shajareh Tayebeh primary school in Minab that killed more than 150 people, and a separate strike in Lamerd that killed 22. The report also accused the Iranian government of grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity, and said the findings could provide evidence for international tribunals.

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The panel's dual findings matter less as a verdict than as a signal that accountability processes are widening beyond sanctions and statements, with both US and Iranian conduct now documented for potential tribunals. That framing puts allied governments and military planners in the position of assessing legal exposure, not just political fallout. Whether the evidence actually reaches a court, and how Washington and Tehran respond to being named alongside each other, is the open question worth tracking.

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