United Nations investigators concluded Thursday that two U.S. airstrikes on Iran in February, killing at least 178 civilians, were indiscriminate and constitute war crimes. The first strike hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab on Feb. 28, killing 157 people, including around 123 children under 13. The second strike the same day hit a sports center and residential buildings in Lamerd, killing 22 civilians, including five children, and injuring nearly 170.

The 18-page report by the U.N.'s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran will be presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Investigators found the U.S. failed to verify the school was a military objective, stating the failure "went beyond negligence" and that U.S. forces directed strikes at the school while aware of substantial civilian risk. Missile fragments analyzed by The New York Times in March bore markings consistent with a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile.

The Pentagon acknowledged probable U.S. responsibility but has not published its investigation. President Trump called the strike a targeting error from outdated data, saying, "Nobody did that on purpose. Mistakes are made.

War is nasty." The Defense Department declined to comment on the U.N. report. The report also details Iranian authorities' abuses against protesters amounting to crimes against humanity.