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UN expert points to possible US war crimes in Iran attack

UN expert points to possible US war crimes in Iran attack

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September 17th, 2026

UN expert points to possible US war crimes in Iran attack

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Experts commissioned by the United Nations' foremost human rights body have stated that they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes in two attacks in Iran, most notably the strike on a school in the southern city of Minab.

国連の最高人権機関から委託を受けた専門家らは米国がイランにおける2件の攻撃とりわけ南部ミナブ市の学校に対する攻撃において戦争犯罪を犯したと信じるに足る「合理的根拠」を発見したと述べている

Furthermore, in a report published on Thursday, they accuse Iran's theocratic government of perpetrating crimes against humanity against its own citizens.

さらに彼らは、木曜日に公表された報告書の中でイランの神権政府が自国民に対して人道に対する罪を犯していると非難している

Although this report is not legally binding, it contributes to the growing body of international evidence gathered regarding crimes committed in the Iran war, and thus holds the potential to serve the pursuit of justice in international tribunals.

この報告書は拘束力を有するものではないとはいえ、イラン戦争において犯された犯罪に関して収集された国際的な証拠の集積に寄与するものであり、ひいては国際法廷における正義の追究に資する可能性を秘めている。

The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by the Bangladeshi jurist Ms. Sara Hossain and composed of independent experts, was established in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' foremost human rights body headquartered in Geneva.

バングラデシュの法学者サラ・ホサイン女史を議長とし、独立した専門家によって構成されるイランに関する事実調査団は、2022年にジュネーブに本部を置く国連の最高人権機関たる人権理事会によって設置された。

On Monday, the experts were scheduled to present their findings to the council, which is composed of 47 UN member states.

専門家らは月曜日47の国連加盟国によって構成される当該理事会に対し調査結果を提示する運びとなっていたのである。

The White House responded in kind, issuing a scathing statement.

ホワイトハウスはこれに呼応し激烈な声明を発出した

Press Secretary Anna Kelly asserted that the human rights body "has for decades persisted in indulging in fatuous rhetoric devoid of sincerity, while achieving no tangible results whatsoever in the defense of human rights."

アンナ・ケリー報道官は人権機関が数十年前から真摯さを欠く荒唐無稽な言辞を弄し続けつつも、人権の擁護に関しては何ら実効を伴う成果を挙げていないと断じた

On Thursday, Ms. Kelly stated that the sole party to have committed war crimes in this conflict was the Iranian regime, which had killed thousands of its own citizens, killed Americans abroad, carried out acts of terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, and launched indiscriminate attacks against neighboring countries in the region.

ケリー氏は木曜日この紛争において戦争犯罪を犯した唯一の当事者はイラン政権であり同政権は自国民数千人を殺害し海外でアメリカ人を殺害し、ホルムズ海峡においてテロ行為を実行し地域の隣国に対して無差別攻撃を仕掛けた述べた

According to the report of the international fact-finding mission, the findings concerning US war crimes focus on two US airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.

国際事実調査団の報告によれば、米国の戦争犯罪に関する調査結果は、女性および子どもを含む少なくとも178名の民間人を殺害した2件の米国空爆に焦点を当てている。

At the outset of the US-Israeli war against Iran that erupted in February, according to the reporter's investigation, at least one American-made missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab.

二月に勃発した米国・イスラエルによるイラン戦争開始時点において記者の調査によれば少なくとも一発の米国製ミサイルミナブのシャジャレ・タイイェベ学校着弾した

Yet no definitive account of the full scope of the events has been provided to date.

しかるに事態の全容に関する最終的な説明いまだなされていない

Iranian state media report that the attack killed 168 people, the vast majority of them children.

イランの国営メディアは、この攻撃により168名が死亡し、その大多数を子どもが占めたと報じている。

"Following the attacks by the United States and Israel on 28 February, the investigation team found reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed a war crime by launching indiscriminate attacks, resulting in civilian casualties or damage to civilian objects," a UN statement concerning the team's findings said.

2月28日の米国およびイスラエルによる攻撃の後調査団は、米国が無差別攻撃を開始し民間人の死傷または民間物体の損壊をもたらしたいう戦争犯罪を犯した信じるに足る合理的根拠を発見した」と、調査団の調査結果に関する国連声明は述べている。

The U.S. State Department was under no obligation to respond immediately to the requests for comment submitted by the press.

米国国務省は、報道陣より寄せられたコメント要請に対し、即座に応じるには及ばなかった。

In the report, the experts concluded that "the school building was the intended impact point," and asserted that the resulting damage was not the product of an errant strike or collateral damage stemming from an attack on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard facility adjacent to the school.

報告書において専門家らは、「学校の建物が意図された着弾点であったと結論付けその結果生じた損害は学校に隣接するイラン革命防衛隊の施設への攻撃に起因する誤爆や付随的被害ではなかったとした

The Trump administration has neither explicitly endorsed nor publicly released the Pentagon's findings regarding the bombing of the school.

トランプ政権は学校爆撃に関する国防総省の調査結果を直接的に承認することも公表することも一切していない

The United Nations support team lodged a submission predicated on two attacks.

国連支援チームは2件の攻撃に基づき申立てを行った

One of these entailed a Tomahawk missile striking a "clearly identifiable" school, while the other involved a precision-strike missile dispersing tungsten particles over a "clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area" in the southern city of Rameld, likewise on 28 February.

その1件は「明らかに識別可能な」学校に着弾したトマホークミサイルによるものでありもう1件は同じく2月28日南部ラメルド市の「明らかに識別可能なスポーツ複合施設および住宅地域」に対し精密打撃ミサイルがタングステン粒子を散布したものである

According to the report by the United Nations support team, a total of twenty-two civilians, both men and women, were killed.

国連支援チームの報告によれば民間人の男性および女性を合わせて22名が死亡した

The United States Central Command denies any involvement in the attack on Rameld.

米中央軍はラメルドに対する攻撃への関与を否定している

The investigative team concluded that killings perpetrated by state security forces in Iran had reached "an astonishing scale," and that civilians had been confronted with "grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by their own government."

調査団は、イランにおいて国家治安部隊が引き起こした殺害が「驚くべき規模」に達し、民間人が「自国政府によって犯された深刻な人権侵害と人道に対する罪」に直面したと認定した。

According to the experts' testimony, over the past two years Iran's security forces have waged a campaign of "violent repression," firing assault rifles into crowds, beating protesters, and arresting medical personnel.

専門家らの証言によればイラン治安部隊は過去2年間にわたり群衆に対する突撃銃の発砲抗議者への殴打医療従事者の逮捕などを通じて「暴力的抑圧」を展開してきた

The experts stated that detainees were subjected to torture, denied access to lawyers, and that their families were "kept in the dark" regarding their whereabouts.

被拘禁者は拷問に遭い弁護士への接見を妨げられその家族は彼らの所在に関して「暗闇に置かれた」と、専門家らは述べた

They added that, as the Tehran government intensifies its application of the death penalty, more than 70 peopleincluding five women and three boysare exposed to an "imminent risk of execution."

テヘラン政府が死刑の適用を強化する中5人の女性と3人の少年を含む70人以上が執行の切迫した危険に晒されていると、彼らは付言した

The statement says, "The report concluded that many of these grave violations constitute crimes against humanity, encompassing murder, imprisonment, torture, and other inhumane acts committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population."

報告書はこれらの深刻な侵害の多くが民間人に対する広範かつ組織的な攻撃の一環として行われた殺人監禁拷問その他の非人道的行為を含む人道に対する罪に該当すると結論付けたと声明は述べている

Experts stated that the United States and Iran should cease all human rights violations and crimes and provide "full reparations to the victims."

専門家らは、米国およびイランが、あらゆる人権侵害と犯罪を停止し、「被害者に完全な賠償」を提供すべきであると述べた。

The experts write that the present report, compiled on the basis of a "victim-centred approach", relies on interviews with 73 individuals both inside and outside Iran, as well as documentary, satellite imagery, photographic and video material, in addition to information obtained from "reliable" organisations and experts.

「被害者中心のアプローチ」に立脚して編まれた本報告書は、イラン国内外の73名に対する聞き取り調査、ならびに文書・衛星画像・写真および映像資料、加えて「信頼できる」組織や専門家から得られた情報に依拠している、と専門家らは記している。

The ongoing conflict in Iranwhich has driven people from their homesalong with internet blackouts and the absence of full cooperation from both governments, partially impeded the team's information-gathering efforts.

イランにおいて進行中の紛争——それによって人々が家から追い出されている——、ならびにインターネット遮断と両国政府からの完全な協力の欠如が、チームの情報収集努力を部分的に妨げた。

According to expert assessments, nearly thirty requests for information directed at the Iranian government remain unanswered, and requests made to the United States government in June for information and meetings with officials were in much the same position.

専門家の見解によれば、イラン政府に対する情報提供の要請はおよそ30件近くが未回答のままに留まり、6月に米国政府へなされた情報提供および当局者との会合の要請についても、これと同様の状況であった。

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