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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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.
What each one tells
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BrazilBrasília 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.
- United States
Focus 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.
What the account puts first
BrazilInstitutional
the narrative begins with the official UN mission formula rather than the identification of victims.
Omission of the Iranian reaction
the narrative details the American response over several sentences but summarizes Tehran's silence in one line.
- United States
Reliance on official spokespersons
the American reaction is reported through a direct quote from the State Department regarding the report's credibility.
What it leans on
BrazilReliance on the statement
the media outlets report the mission's conclusions without having access to the detailed evidence, which is absent from the released text.
and the figures
more than 150 dead according to the reported tally
Assessment of the strike on Minab school
people killed
same figuremore than 150 people, including nearly 120 children
this press does not report this figure
Children killed in the crackdown
children killed
this press does not report this figure
22 civilians killed
Assessment of the strike on Lamerd
civilians killed or injured
same figure22 civilians killed or injured