DOMINANT ANGLE
Brasília first takes note of the legal qualification in the UN report: the United Nations claims to have "reasonable grounds" to believe that the US strikes on Minab and Lamerd constitute war crimes, a conclusion that the Brazilian press details strike by strike before reporting the crossed denials of Washington and Tehran.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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The US Tomahawk missile strike on Minab's Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school killed over 150 people, including nearly 120 children, according to reports cited by Veja and G1.
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In Lamerd, a strike using a fragmentation PrSM missile that dispersed "tungsten clouds" hit a sports center and a residential neighborhood, killing or injuring 22 civilians, according to G1.
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The report calls on the 47 member countries of the Human Rights Council - which does not include Iran, Israel, and the United States - to pressure for an end to the war and to prosecute those responsible in court, according to the Jornal de Brasília.
ANALYSIS
Brasília, Friday, September 18, 2026. The Brazilian press is detailing the conclusions of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, mandated by the UN, which stated on Thursday that it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes during two strikes on February 28 against Iran. The report, intended for the Human Rights Council in Geneva, first targets the Tomahawk missile bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, southern Iran: according to the tolls reported by Veja and G1, the strike killed over 150 people, including nearly 120 children. The investigators consider the school a "clearly identifiable" civilian target and found no evidence of military use of the site; the report, cited by Veja, states that Washington relied on intelligence indicating the presence of a high-ranking Iranian commander without properly verifying it before striking "the school building knowing that there was a substantial risk" of hitting civilians.
The second strike, in Lamerd, hit a sports center and a neighboring residential area near a school with a PrSM fragmentation missile, dispersing "tungsten clouds" and killing or injuring 22 civilians, according to G1. The same report concludes that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity by suppressing, in the country's 31 provinces, the protests launched in late December against the rising cost of living, using "repressive laws", "lethal force", and the death penalty as a tool of intimidation, according to the Jornal de Brasília.
The Jornal de Brasília also reports that the investigators are asking the 47 member countries of the Human Rights Council - which does not include Iran, Israel, and the United States - to pressure for an end to the war, to prosecute those responsible, and to grant asylum to civilians fleeing the country. On the American side, the Pentagon refused to comment on a report "conducted by an external organization", according to UOL, while White House spokesperson Anna Kelly retorted that the Council "has done nothing for human rights" and that Iran is the only party to the conflict to have committed war crimes. The Iranian permanent mission in Geneva did not respond to requests from the Reuters agency, while Tehran continues to reject accusations of systematic violations.
SOURCES (4)
- G1 Globo MundoMEDIUM
- Jornal de BrasíliaMEDIUM
- UOL NotíciasMEDIUM
- VejaMEDIUM
