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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CanadaOttawa is first examining the legal qualification of the UN report, which classifies the two American strikes in February as war crimes and the Iranian repression as crimes against humanity.
- 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
CanadaOmission of the Canadian voice
the account cites consistent US and Iranian positions but no reaction from the federal government to the report's conclusions.
- 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
CanadaNear-exclusive reliance on the Reuters dispatch
the two versions consulted reproduce almost verbatim the same agency account, with no distinct Canadian reporting from the field.
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 around 120 schoolchildren
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
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure