UN finds reasonable grounds US struck Iranian school in February

A UN investigation has found that US forces carried out two airstrikes in Iran in February 2026 that killed at least 178 civilians. The first strike hit a primary school in Minab, killing more than 150 people. Around 120 of them were children. The second strike hit a sports facility in Lamerd, killing and injuring 22 civilians. The UN said the school was clearly a civilian building and had no military purpose. It concluded that both strikes were war crimes because they targeted civilian areas without justification. A US military review suggested its forces were probably responsible but may have hit the wrong target due to old intelligence. The UN report also found that Iranian authorities committed serious crimes against protesters inside the country.