The report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran was published on September 17. Its findings will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 21. ### Strike on School One of the most severe episodes was the strike on February 28 on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the city of Minab in southern Iran. According to Reuters, Iranian authorities reported more than 150 fatalities, including about 120 schoolchildren. AP provides a later estimate of at least 168 dead. Therefore, it is safer to state in the publication "more than 150 people." Investigators concluded that the school was a clearly identifiable civilian object and found no evidence of its use for military purposes. Moreover, experts believe that the school building was the point of impact, and its destruction was not an incidental consequence of a strike on a nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility. The mission classified the incident as an indiscriminate attack that resulted in civilian casualties and damage to a civilian object, and stated that there are grounds to consider it a **war crime**. The second episode examined was the American strike on a sports facility in Lamerd. According to the mission's cumulative data, at least **178 civilians were killed** in the two attacks. At the time of the report's publication, the US had not provided Reuters and AP with a comment on the mission's new findings. Earlier, US authorities stated that military operations are conducted in accordance with international law of armed conflict. ### Simultaneously - Accusations Against Iranian Authorities In the same report, experts investigated the actions of Iranian authorities during the suppression of protests that began in late December 2025. The mission reported widespread use of lethal force, killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, and other violations. In its assessment, there are grounds to consider some actions of the Iranian authorities as **crimes against humanity**. Iran, for its part, consistently rejects claims of systematic human rights violations. ### Why This Report is Important The mission's findings are not a judicial verdict and do not legally establish the guilt of the US or Iran. However, the collected materials may subsequently be used in processes to hold the guilty accountable. AP notes that the report adds a new array of internationally gathered evidence regarding events in Iran.
