A United Nations fact-finding mission released a report on Thursday alleging reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes during two airstrikes in Iran on February 28. The strikes targeted a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd, resulting in significant civilian casualties according to the mission's findings.

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran examined events tied to the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran that began that day. Investigators cited evidence including video analysis of Tomahawk missiles, which only the United States possesses in the conflict, and concluded the attacks were indiscriminate and violated international humanitarian law. One strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, killing over 150 people, many of them children. The second struck a sports facility in Lamerd, killing 22 civilians.

The report also accused Iranian authorities of crimes against humanity for their violent crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted in late December over economic issues and expanded into broader calls for change. The mission stated that deaths and injuries from the protests likely far exceeded official Iranian figures of more than 3,000 dead.

The Trump administration has rejected the report's conclusions. Officials maintained that U.S. actions targeted threats from the Iranian regime, including efforts to prevent nuclear weapons development, and pointed to Iran's own record of human rights abuses. The United States and Israel did not cooperate with the mission's inquiries.

The findings will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Critics of the council have long noted its disproportionate focus on Western actions and frequent alignment with adversarial regimes. The report relies heavily on Iranian sources and satellite imagery without direct access to U.S. personnel or records.

The February strikes occurred amid heightened tensions over Iran's nuclear program and regional aggression. The mission's work continues amid the broader conflict that has drawn in multiple parties.