UN mission finds evidence signaling U.S. war crimes in Iran; Washington rejects report

Livestream Menu A UN fact-finding mission pointed out the Tomahawk missile strike on a primary school that killed over 150 people in the city of Minab, as well as another airstrike which killed 22 civilians. The fact-finding mission also charged Iran with human rights violations and "crimes against humanity committed." A State Department Official said the U. S. does not give credibility to the report's findings. MS NOW reported that a meeting between Gulf Arab nations, the US and Iran could take place around the time of the United Nations General Assembly meeting next week. @LCO.1 @CL.1 This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Al-Haniyya shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli controlled explosion in the southern Lebanese of Al-Mansouri on September 7, 2026. Kawnat Haju | Afp | A United Nations fact-finding mission said there was evidence to believe that the U. S. committed war crimes during the Iran war, lending credibility to Tehran's similar claims. There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Washington's forces "committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects," the UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said on Thursday. The mission pointed out the Tomahawk missile strike on a primary school that killed more than 150 people in the city of Minab, and another airstrike where missiles were used against a "clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area," killing 22 civilians. The report said the school was the intended point of impact, and the resulting damage wasn't the result of an errant strike or collateral damage from an attack on a compound of Iran's Revolutionary Guard next to the school. The experts said they found no information indicating that the school was used for military purposes at the time. A State Department Official said the U. S. does not give credibility to the report's findings, adding that the UN council "pushes anti-American rhetoric and antisemitism" and "appeases repressive regimes." CNBC has reached out to the Pentagon for comments. The Associated Press reported that the White House has also pushed back on the report, with spokesperson Anna Kelly saying "The only party in this conflict that has committed war crimes is the Iranian regime." The fact-finding mission also charged Iran with human rights violations and "crimes against humanity committed." Washington had withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council via an executive order from President Donald Trump in February 2025, saying that some UN agencies and bodies, including the council, were acting contrary to the interests of the U.