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UN-backed experts accuse the US of possible war crimes in strikes on Iran

UN-backed experts accuse the US of possible war crimes in strikes on Iran

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September 17th, 2026

UN-backed experts accuse the US of possible war crimes in strikes on Iran

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Experts commissioned by the United Nations' foremost human rights body have stated that they found "reasonable grounds" to conclude that the United States committed war crimes in two strikes within Iranian territory, including an attack on a school in the southern city of Minab.

聯合國最高人權機構所委託之專家指出其等發現具「合理理由」足以認定美國於伊朗境內兩次打擊行動中犯下戰爭罪其中包含對南部城市米納布一所學校之攻擊

In a report released on Thursday, they additionally accused Iran's theocratic government of committing crimes against humanity against its own people.

渠等於週四發布之報告中另指控伊朗神權政府對其本國人民犯下危害人類罪

Although this report is not legally binding, it nonetheless enriches the body of international evidence already gathered regarding war crimes in Iran, and may ultimately serve the cause of justice before international courts.

這份報告雖不具約束力,卻為業已蒐集之伊朗戰爭罪行國際證據充實內容,終或可資國際法院尋求正義之用。

The Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, chaired by the Bangladeshi jurist Sara Hossain and composed of independent experts, was established in 2022 by the Human Rights Councilthe United Nations' foremost human rights body, headquartered in Geneva.

伊朗問題實況調查團係由孟加拉國法學家薩拉·侯賽因所主持,由獨立專家組成於2022年設於日內瓦之聯合國最高人權機構——人權理事會——所設立。

The experts are expected to present their findings on Monday to the Human Rights Council, which is composed of 47 United Nations member states.

專家們預計於週一,向由47個聯合國成員國所組成之人權理事會呈交其調查結果

The White House issued a sharply worded statement in response, with spokesperson Anna Kelly saying that the human rights body had "for decades offered nothing but empty rhetoric, achieving nothing in the field of human rights."

白宮就此發表措辭嚴厲之聲明發言人安娜·凱利該人權機構數十年來徒託空言於人權領域一無所成」。

On Thursday, Kelly stated: "In this conflict, the only party guilty of war crimes is the Iranian regimewhich has slaughtered thousands of its own people, killed Americans abroad, engaged in terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, and launched indiscriminate attacks against its regional neighbours."

凱利於週四表述:「在這場衝突中唯一觸犯戰爭罪行者,乃伊朗政權——屠戮本國數千人民於海外戕害美國人在霍爾木茲海峽從事恐怖主義行徑,並對區域鄰國發動不分青紅皂白之攻擊。」

The international fact-finding mission stated that its investigation into American war crimes had concluded with a focus on two US airstrikes, which resulted in the deaths of at least 178 civilians, including women and children.

國際實況調查團指出針對美國戰爭罪行所展開之調查結論聚焦於兩次美軍空襲行動該等空襲導致至少178名平民喪生其中包括婦女兒童

According to a journalists' investigation, at the very outset of the US-Israeli war against Iran in February, at least one American missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab.

據記者調查在2月美國-以色列對伊朗開戰之初,至少一枚美國導彈擊中了米納布的沙賈雷·塔伊貝學校

As yet, there is no definitive account of how the incident unfolded.

目前尚無關於事件經過的最終統計

Iranian state media asserted that the strike had claimed 168 lives, the overwhelming majority of them children.

伊朗官方媒體宣稱,此次打擊致使168人罹難,其中絕大多數為兒童。

In a statement issued in response to the investigation team's findings, the United Nations said: "Following the attacks launched by the United States and Israel on 28 February, the investigation team determined that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the United States had committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks, resulting in civilian casualties or damage to civilian objects."

聯合國就該調查團隊之調查結果所發表之聲明稱:「在2月28日美國與以色列發動攻擊後,調查團認定存在合理理由,足以相信美國犯下發動不分青紅皂白攻擊之戰爭罪,致使平民傷亡或民用物體受損。」

The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a reporter's request for comment.

美國國務院並未旋即就記者所提之置評請求予以回應。

In the report, the experts asserted that "the school building was a premeditated target of attack," and that the resulting damage was neither an errant strike nor collateral damage arising from an attack on the adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base.

專家於報告中斷言,「學校建築預謀打擊之標的」,其所致損害既非誤擊亦非對毗鄰伊朗革命衛隊營區實施攻擊所衍生之附帶損害

To date, the Trump administration has neither directly accepted responsibility for this nor disclosed the findings of the Pentagon's investigation into the bombing of the school.

特朗普政府迄今仍未就此直接承擔責任,亦未披露五角大樓針對學校遭轟炸一事所展開調查之結果。

A UN-backed team has levelled allegations on the basis of two strikesone involving a Tomahawk missile striking a "clearly identifiable" school, and the other involving a precision-strike missile dispersing tungsten munitions over "clearly identifiable sports halls and residential areas" in the southern city of Ramelde, likewise on 28 February.

聯合國所支持的團隊依據兩次打擊行動提出指控——其一涉及戰斧導彈擊中清晰可辨」的學校其二則是精確打擊導彈同樣是2月28日南部城市拉梅爾德向「清晰可辨的體育館和住宅區散布鎢彈

A UN-backed team alleged that 22 civiliansboth men and womenwere killed in cold blood; meanwhile, the United States Central Command denied responsibility for the strike on al-Ramadi.

一個獲聯合國支持的團隊指稱22名平民——男女皆有——慘遭殺害美國中央司令部則否認對拉梅爾德之打擊負有責任

The investigative team found that the killings carried out by Iran's state security forces had reached "an alarming scale," and that civilians were confronting "grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity perpetrated by their own government."

調查團發現,伊朗國家安全部隊所遂行之殺戮已達「驚人的規模」,平民正面臨「本國政府犯下的嚴重人權侵犯和危害人類罪」。

The investigation team alleged that over the past two years, Iran's security forces have carried out a "violent crackdown," whose actions encompass firing assault rifles at crowds, beating protesters, and arresting medical personnel, among other things.

調查團指稱伊朗安全部隊於過去兩年間遂行暴力鎮壓」,其行徑涵蓋向群眾發射突擊步槍毆打抗議者以及逮捕醫護人員

Experts stated that detainees have been subjected to torture and deprived of access to legal counsel, leaving their families "completely in the dark" about their whereabouts.

專家表示被拘留者遭受酷刑被剝奪法律顧問之協助致使其家屬對其下落一無所知」。

They further added that the government in Tehran is resorting to the death penalty with increasing frequency, and alleged that more than 70 peopleamong them five women and three boysstill face an "imminent risk of execution".

他們進一步補充道,德黑蘭政府日益頻繁地訴諸死刑,並指稱逾70人——其中包括5名婦女及3名男孩——依然面臨「迫在眉睫的處決風險」。

The statement declared: "The report asserts that numerous such grave abuses already amount to crimes against humanityamong them murder, imprisonment, torture, and other inhumane acts committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack on the civilian population."

聲明稱:「報告斷言,諸多此類嚴重侵權行徑業已構成危害人類罪——其中包括作為對平民廣泛且系統性攻擊之一環而施行之謀殺、監禁、酷刑及其他不人道行為。」

Experts point out that the United States and Iran ought to put an end to all rights-violating and criminal practices, and to grant victims "full reparation."

專家指出,美國與伊朗理當終止一切侵犯權利及犯罪之行徑,並對受害者予以「充分賠償」。

Experts noted that the report is grounded in a "victim-centred approach", drawing on interviews with 73 individuals both inside and outside Iran, as well as documents, satellite imagery, photographs and video material, supplemented by information from "credible" organisations and experts.

專家指出,該報告係以「以受害者為中心的方法」為立論基礎,其依據涵蓋對伊朗境內外73人之訪談,以及文件、衛星圖像、照片與視頻材料,並輔以來自「可信」組織及專家之資訊。

The ongoing conflict, which has forced people to flee their homes in Iran, compounded by internet disruptions and a lack of adequate cooperation between the two governments, has to some extent impeded the team's efforts to obtain information.

持續的衝突迫使人們逃離伊朗的家園加之互聯網中斷以及兩國政府之間缺乏充分合作在一定程度上阻礙了團隊獲取信息的努力

They pointed out that nearly three dozen requests for information submitted to the Iranian government had all gone unanswered, and that requests made to the US government in June for information and meetings with officials had likewise elicited no response.

他們指出向伊朗政府提出近三打資訊請求悉數未獲答覆;而於六月向美國政府所提之資訊及會晤官員之請求亦同樣未獲回應

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