A United Nations fact-finding mission focused on Iran has stated that there are reasonable grounds for suspicion that the United States committed a war crime in the February attack on a school in Iran. It attributed responsibility for the military strikes on the school and a sports facility to US forces. hnonline.sk ↗
According to information from the investigation, the attack on the school is believed to have killed approximately 120 children. The UN mission also assessed the strike on the sports facility, placing it among the attacks for which the United States bears responsibility. aktuality.sk ↗
The classification of the attacks as possible war crimes is based on the conclusion that there are "reasonable grounds" for such an assessment. In its assessment, the UN fact-finding mission focused on the circumstances of the military operations in Iran and their consequences for civilian objects and the population. svet.sme.sk ↗
The findings concern attacks carried out in February. The United Nations published them at a time when compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law during the conflict continues to be assessed. The available information does not specify any further legal or political steps that are to follow the publication of the conclusions.
UN says US strikes in Iran may amount to war crimes
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OSN obvinila USA z vojnových zločinov v Iráne. Útok na školu mal zabiť 120 detí
aktuality.sk
| 12:35 17.09.
OSN hovorí o vojnovom zločine po americkom útoku na školu v Iráne
svet.sme.sk
| 12:21 17.09.
'Reasonable grounds' US committed war crime in Iran school strike, UN experts claim
Sky News
| 12:10 17.09.
Niektoré útoky v Iráne boli vojnové zločiny, rozhodla vyšetrovacia misia OSN. Zodpovednosť pripisuje USA
hnonline.sk
| 11:51 17.09.
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