A report released Thursday by a UN fact-finding mission has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes during two separate airstrikes in Iran. The investigation focuses on a deadly attack on a primary school in Minab and a strike on a sports complex in Lamerd, both occurring in February.

While the UN mission has highlighted these events as potential violations of international law, the U.S. government has not formally acknowledged responsibility for either strike. Axios reports that the administration has engaged in an aggressive military strategy, with the president previously making public statements regarding the potential targeting of civilian infrastructure as part of a pressure campaign against Tehran. According to Axios, the president has dismissed concerns regarding whether these threats or actions constitute war crimes.

There is a notable difference in how the outlets characterize the broader context of these events. Axios frames the strikes as part of a deliberate, "norm-busting" military strategy sanctioned by the president. In contrast, the BBC and RT focus more narrowly on the UN findings themselves, with the BBC specifically noting the lack of official U.S. acknowledgment regarding the locations mentioned in the report. The White House and the Pentagon have not yet provided a formal response to the UN’s findings.