UN Experts Allege US War Crimes

A UN fact-finding mission said it found reasonable grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in two February strikes in Iran. It also said Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during a crackdown on anti-government protests across all 31 provinces. The findings put alleged U.S. battlefield conduct beside alleged Iranian state repression in the same human rights inquiry. U.S. officials rejected the report, with the White House calling the UN human rights body unserious. Investigators said the Minab school was clearly civilian, and that at least 156 people were killed there. On Lamerd, the UN mission blamed U.S. forces, while U.S. Central Command denied responsibility. The report is not binding, but it goes next to the U.N. Human Rights Council.