A UN mission finds US war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on the Minab school, and crimes against humanity in Iran's crackdown
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the same fact, two accounts
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GermanyBerlin first notes the legal qualification that the UN investigation mission applies to both camps: war crimes for the US strikes on the schools of Minab and Lamerd, crimes against humanity for the Iranian repression of protests.
What each one tells
opposition
United StatesThe United States government rejects the conclusions of the UN report outright, with the White House attributing responsibility for the war crimes to Iran, while an internal assessment suggests a targeting error rather than an intentional strike.
- Germany
Legal framework
the narrative favors the terminology of the report (reasonable grounds, war crime) over the testimonies of victims.
What the account puts first
United StatesFocus on the error rather than the intention
the narrative reiterates the hypothesis of an accidental strike put forward by an internal source, even before the qualification retained by the UN mission.
Omission of the Iranian aspect's figures
the report also qualifies the Iranian repression as a crime against humanity, but the coverage does not include the detailed figures.
- Germany
Reliance on the American denial
Donald Trump's June denial is reported without a more recent official reaction from Washington to the September report.
What it leans on
United StatesReliance on official spokespersons
the American reaction is reported through a direct quote from the State Department regarding the report's credibility.
and the figures
157 dead according to independent reports; more than 150 according to the mission, including around 120 schoolchildren; 168 girls according to Tehran
Assessment of the strike on Minab school
people killed
different figuresmore than 150 dead according to the reported tally
at least 221 children killed
Children killed in the crackdown
children killed
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure
this press does not report this figure
Assessment of the strike on Lamerd
civilians killed or injured
only one reports it22 civilians killed