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A UN Report Said The US Likely Committed A War Crime In Iran. The State Department Is Pushing Back.

Two U.S. missiles hit a primary school in Iran in the opening days of the war.

The Trump administration is pushing back on a United Nations report that said there was "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed a war crime in Iran when it bombed a primary school in Minab during the opening days of the war.

At least 157 people were killed in the attack, including 123 children who were between six and 13 years old. Two missiles hit the the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School which was located about 236 feet from an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval complex. The school began operating in buildings that had been converted from IRGC use in 2016.

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