In the long and troubled history of war's relationship with accountability, a United Nations fact-finding mission has placed a grave marker: the United States, in striking a primary school in southern Iran on February 28, killed 156 civilians — 120 of them children — in what investigators have determined constitutes a war crime under international law. The mission found that American forces acted on unverified intelligence, failed to confirm the building's civilian nature, and proceeded with reckless disregard for the lives within. That the Pentagon has completed its own investigation yet with
UN finds reasonable grounds US committed war crimes in Iran school strikes
156 civilians killed including 120 children in school strike; 22 civilians killed and injured in sports facility strike; Iranian authorities also found responsible for killing estimated thousands during anti-government protests.
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