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UN experts: US may have committed war crimes in Iran airstrikes

UN experts: US may have committed war crimes in Iran airstrikes

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September 17th, 2026

UN experts: US may have committed war crimes in Iran airstrikes

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Experts commissioned by the United Nations' top human rights body have stated that they have "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran, including one on a school in the southern city of Minab.

联合国最高人权机构委托的专家表示他们有合理理由相信美国在伊朗的两次空袭中犯下了战争罪其中包括对南部城市米纳卜一所学校的空袭。

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

在周四发布的一份报告中他们还指责伊朗的神权政府对其本国人民犯下了反人类罪

Although this report is not legally binding, it adds to the international evidence already gathered regarding crimes committed in the war in Iran, and it may ultimately be used in efforts to secure justice before an international court.

这份报告不具约束力,却已收集到的关于伊朗战争中罪行的国际证据增添了内容最终可能用于在国际法院中伸张正义的努力

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

伊朗问题实况调查团由孟加拉国法学家萨拉·侯赛因担任主席,由独立专家组成,于2022年由总部设在日内瓦的联合国最高人权机构人权理事会设立。

The experts are expected to present their findings on Monday to a council composed of 47 UN member states.

专家们预计将于周一,向一个由47个联合国成员国构成的理事会,呈报其调查结果。

The White House issued a sharply worded statement on the matter, in which spokesperson Anna Kelly said the human rights body had "for decades spouted frivolous nonsense and achieved nothing in the field of human rights."

白宫就此事发表了一份措辞严厉的声明,发言人安娜·凯利称该人权机构“几十年来空谈不严肃的废话,在人权方面毫无建树”。

On Thursday, Kelly stated: "In this conflict, the only party that has committed war crimes is the Iranian regime, which has murdered thousands of its own people, killed Americans abroad, carried out acts of terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, and launched indiscriminate attacks on its regional neighbours."

凯利周四表示:“在这场冲突中,唯一犯下战争罪的一方是伊朗政权,它谋杀了数千本国人民,杀害了海外美国人,在霍尔木兹海峡实施恐怖主义行为,并对地区邻国发动无差别攻击。”

The international fact-finding mission stated that its findings on US war crimes focused primarily on two US airstrikes, which killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.

国际实况调查团表示,其关于美国战争罪的调查结果主要聚焦于两次美国空袭,这两次空袭造成至少178名平民死亡,其中包括妇女和儿童。

According to a journalist investigation, at the outset of the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February, at least one American missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab.

据记者调查在2月美国与以色列对伊朗开战之初至少有一枚美国导弹击中了位于米纳卜的沙贾雷·塔耶贝学校

At present, the final tally of what happened has yet to be released.

目前关于所发生事件的最终统计尚未公布

Iranian state media claimed that the airstrike killed a total of 168 people, the vast majority of them children.

伊朗官方媒体宣称,此次空袭共导致168人丧生,其中绝大多数为儿童。

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

联合国就调查团调查结果发表的一份声明称:“2月28日美国和以色列发动袭击后,调查团认定有合理理由相信,美国犯下了无差别攻击的战争罪,造成平民伤亡或民用物体受损。”

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

美国国务院并未即刻回应记者提出的置评请求。

The experts concluded in their report that "the school building was a designated target," and that the resulting destruction was therefore neither the result of a mistaken strike nor collateral damage from an attack on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound next to the school.

专家们在报告中得出结论:“学校建筑预定的打击目标”,因此所造成的破坏既非误击所致也非因袭击学校旁边的伊朗革命卫队大院而产生的附带损害

To date, the Trump administration has neither directly accepted responsibility nor released the Pentagon's findings from its investigation into the bombing of the school.

特朗普政府至今既未直接承担责任,也未公布五角大楼对学校轰炸事件的调查结果。

This UN-backed team has based its allegations on two airstrikesone in which a Tomahawk missile struck a "clearly identifiable" school, and another in which a precision-strike missile likewise scattered tungsten munitions on 28 February over a "clearly identifiable sports stadium and residential area" in the southern city of Lamed.

这个获得联合国支持的团队基于两次空袭提出指控——一次是战斧导弹击中清晰可辨的学校另一次是精确打击导弹同样于2月28日向南部城市拉梅尔德一个“清晰可辨的体育场馆居民区散布钨弹

A UN-backed team has claimed that 22 civiliansboth men and womenwere killed.

一个由联合国支持的团队声称有22名平民——男女皆有——遭到杀害

US Central Command, for its part, denies responsibility for the airstrikes in al-Ramadi.

美国中央司令部否认对拉梅尔德空袭事件负有责任

The investigation team found that the scale of killings by Iran's state security forces was "alarming," and that civilians are facing "grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity perpetrated by their own government."

调查团发现伊朗国家安全部队杀戮规模惊人”,平民正面临本国政府实施的严重侵犯人权行为反人类罪”。

The investigation team stated that over the past two years, Iran's security forces have carried out a "violent crackdown," including firing assault rifles at crowds, beating protesters, and arresting medical personnel.

调查团表示过去两年间伊朗安全部队实施了暴力镇压”,包括向人群发射突击步枪殴打抗议者以及逮捕医护人员等。

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

专家们指出被拘留者遭受酷刑并被剥夺法律顾问导致家人对其下落一无所知”。

They also stated that the Tehran government has intensified its use of the death penalty, and said that more than 70 people, including five women and three boys, still face an "imminent risk of execution."

他们还表示,德黑兰政府已加大死刑的适用力度,并称包括5名女性和3名男孩在内的70余人仍面临“迫在眉睫的处决风险”。

The statement said: "The report concludes that many of these serious violations constitute crimes against humanityincluding murder, imprisonment, torture and other inhumane acts committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack on the civilian population."

声明称:“报告得出结论,其中许多严重侵权行为构成反人类罪——包括作为对平民广泛和系统性攻击的一部分而实施的谋杀、监禁、酷刑和其他不人道行为。”

The experts pointed out that the United States and Iran should cease all rights violations and crimes, and provide "full reparations" to the victims.

专家们指出,美国和伊朗应当停止一切侵犯权利的行为和犯罪,并向受害者提供“充分赔偿”。

The experts wrote that the report is grounded in a "victim-centred approach" and draws on interviews with 73 people both inside and outside Iran, as well as documents, satellite imagery, photographs and video material, along with information from "credible" organisations and experts.

专家们写道这份报告以受害者为中心的方法”为基础,依据的是对伊朗境内外73人的访谈以及文件卫星图像照片和视频材料还有来自“可信”组织和专家的信息

The ongoing conflict, which has forced people to flee their homes in Iran, combined with internet disruptions and inadequate cooperation between the two governments, has to some extent hindered the investigation team's efforts to obtain information.

持续不断的冲突迫使人们逃离伊朗家园,加之互联网中断以及两国政府未能充分协作,这在一定程度上妨碍了调查团获取信息的工作。

According to them, nearly thirty requests for information that the experts submitted to the Iranian government went unanswered, and a request made in June to the US government for information and meetings with officials likewise received no response.

据他们称,专家们向伊朗政府提出的近三十项信息请求均未获答复,而6月向美国政府提出的信息索取及与官员会晤的请求同样未得到回应。

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