The United Nations Charter bans the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence ​of any state.

“These attacks, which were followed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes ​across the region, run counter to the UN Charter,” the UN Independent ⁠International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in a statement.

It also expressed deep ​shock over a strike that hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab ​in southern Iran on Saturday, the first day of the US and Israeli attacks.

Most of the victims appear to have been schoolgirls aged seven to 12, it said.

Earlier on ​Wednesday, a separate UN panel of experts said more than 160 children were ​killed, citing reports.

The UN fact-finding probe said the Iranian population was now caught between ‌a large-scale ⁠military campaign that may go on for weeks and a government in Tehran which has a long record of human rights abuses.

Tens of thousands of people were detained and face torture and the death penalty, the UN ​probe said, following ​a crackdown on ⁠protests that began on December 28, 2025, in response to the country’s economic crisis.

It said protesters currently detained in ​prisons could be put at risk from any US-Israeli strikes.

​A ⁠British couple jailed in Iran described on Tuesday explosions shaking Evin prison where they are being held and damage to their wing as the conflict intensifies.

The statement ⁠said the ​killing of dozens of Iranian officials — who ​have included Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — in the US-Israeli air strikes was not an acceptable means to ​deliver justice under international law.