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17 September 2026

UN-backed experts find US strike on Minab school amounts to war crime

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UN-backed experts find US strike on Minab school amounts to war crime

A fact-finding mission on Iran, backed by the United Nations, finds Iranian citizens have been caught between crimes against humanity by their own government and deadly conflict with the US and Israel.

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