UN experts say US strikes on Minab may constitute war crimes

On February 28, as a major conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran began, American forces struck the Iranian city of Minab twice in rapid succession, killing more than 178 people — over 120 of them children. Months later, UN-backed human rights experts concluded that these strikes may constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law, a formal determination that places the opening hours of the conflict under the weight of legal and moral scrutiny. The finding does not guarantee prosecution, but it enters the historical record as a judgment that the most vulnerable were no