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Over 100 US legal experts condemn strikes on Iran as possible ‘war crimes’

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 589 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
International Law Violations Humanitarian law concerns Military actions in Iran
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Over 100 US legal experts condemn strikes on Iran as possible ‘war crimes’ United States-based scholars sign open letter raising concerns about conduct, rhetoric during US-Israeli war on Iran.

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What happened

Over 100 US legal experts condemn strikes on Iran as possible ‘war crimes’ United States-based scholars sign open letter raising concerns about conduct, rhetoric during US-Israeli war on Iran.

Why it matters

More than 100 United States-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and potentially amounting to “war crimes”.

Common ground

The letter, published on Thursday, also said the conduct of US forces and statements by senior US officials “raise serious concerns about violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law”.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Slogans: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Slogans 80% confidence
Using a brief, striking phrase to provoke an emotional reaction.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The signatories emphasized the importance of equal application of international law to all countries, including the US, and expressed concerns about the harm the war is causing to the international legal order”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web searches to confirm the signatories' emphasis on equal application of international law.
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Claim 2: “Senior US officials, including President Donald Trump, made public statements indicating an alarming disrespect for international humanitarian law”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web searches to confirm statements by senior U.S. officials, including Trump, about disrespect for international humanitarian law.
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Claim 3: “A strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran, on the first day of the war that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, as well as attacks on hospitals, water plants and energy infrastructure”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web searches to confirm the strike on a primary school in Minab or the casualty figures mentioned.
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Claim 4: “Over 100 US legal experts condemn strikes on Iran as possible ‘war crimes’”
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Wikipedia entries describe the 2026 Iran war and U.S.-Israel strikes but do not mention legal experts condemning the strikes as war crimes. No direct evidence supports the claim about 100 legal experts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 5: “The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran is costing US taxpayers up to $2bn a day”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web searches to confirm the $2 billion daily cost of the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran.
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Claim 6: “The open letter was co-authored by prominent legal scholars including Oona Hathaway, Harold Koh, Philip Alston, and Kenneth Roth”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web searches to confirm the open letter's co-authors, including Oona Hathaway, Harold Koh, Philip Alston, and Kenneth Roth.
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Claim 7: “More than 100 United States-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and potentially amounting to ‘war crimes’”
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Wikipedia entries reference the 2026 Iran war and U.S.-Israel actions but do not mention an open letter signed by legal experts. No evidence confirms the specific claim about the letter or its signatories.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Billboard Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — It Ends with Us is a 2024 American romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni and written by Christy Hall, based on the 2016 novel by Colleen Hoover. The film stars Blake Lively alongside Baldoni,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ends_with_Us_(film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Us is a 2019 American psychological horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, and starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. The story follows Adelaide Wilson and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)
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Claim 8: “The scholars warned that the US-Israeli campaign, which began on February 28, was launched without UN Security Council authorisation and without credible evidence of an imminent Iranian threat”
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Wikipedia entries state the U.S. and Israel launched strikes without UN Security Council authorization but do not mention legal scholars warning about this. The claim about scholars' warnings lacks direct evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beginning on 28 February 2026, the governments of the United States under Donald Trump and Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu launched coordinated joint attacks on various sites in Iran, which started t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2026_Iran_war
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