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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

US likely committed war crimes with ‘reckless’ strike on Iran school that killed 120 children, damning UN report finds

The United States is believed to have committed war crimes during two military strikes in Iran this year, including a devastating attack on a primary school which killed more than 120 children, a damning UN report says.

The deadly incident took place in February this year, soon after the US-Israeli war on Iran started, and alongside another strike on a sports centre resulted in the deaths of at least 178 civilians.

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