A United Nations fact-finding mission has placed two of the most devastating events of 2026 into the language of international law, concluding there are reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in February missile strikes that killed at least 177 civilians in Iran — including 120 children at a primary school — while also finding that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity against their own people during a sweeping crackdown on protesters. The findings arrive at a moment when Iranian civilians find themselves, as the UN itself observed, caught between
UN experts find reasonable grounds US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
At least 177 civilians killed in US strikes including 120 children; thousands killed in Iranian government crackdown on protesters with tens of thousands detained and tortured.