{"id":5065,"date":"2026-09-19T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:59:56","slug":"united-nations-us-missile-strike-on-wedding-ceremony-in-bandar-e-kohestak-is-a-clear-instance-of-war-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/united-nations-us-missile-strike-on-wedding-ceremony-in-bandar-e-kohestak-is-a-clear-instance-of-war-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations: US Missile Strike on Wedding Ceremony in Bandar-e Kohestak is a Clear Instance of &#8220;War Crime&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-7.png 803w, https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-7-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-7-767x755.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Balochistan Human Rights Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 19 , 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following extensive international investigations into the systematic targeting of civilian objectives, the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has issued an official statement declaring the US military&#8217;s missile strike on a wedding ceremony in Bandar-e Kohestak, Sirik County, as a &#8220;war crime.&#8221;This horrific incident, which occurred on the evening of August 31, 2026 (10 Shahrivar 1405), was caused by the direct impact of a precision-guided projectile on a residential home during a wedding celebration. According to human rights documentation, this brutal attack resulted in the killing of 5 civilians, including two innocent children and a woman, as well as injuring and maiming over 60 local residents. International weapons experts have verified through field evidence that the munitions used were precision-guided and belonged to the US military.The UN Fact-Finding Mission emphasized that this action is a blatant violation of the principle of distinction between combatants and civilians under the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law. Human rights organizations view this behavior as a clear example of indiscriminate and unlawful attacks against marginalized local communities, completely jeopardizing the peace and psychological security of the region&#8217;s population.The Continuation of Tragedy: From Kohestak to MinabThis international legal assessment comes at a time when evidence shows the attack on the Kohestak wedding was not an isolated incident. In another section of the legal report, UN experts also highlighted the painful tragedy of the attack on the &#8220;Shajareh Tayyebah&#8221; elementary school in Minab. They categorized it as further evidence of a chain of unlawful attacks and American war crimes against educational and civilian infrastructure in the region\u2014attacks whose primary victims are defenseless citizens and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balochistan Human Rights Group September 19 , 2026 Following extensive international investigations into the systematic targeting of civilian objectives, the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has issued an official statement declaring the US military&#8217;s missile strike on a wedding ceremony in Bandar-e Kohestak, Sirik County, as a &#8220;war crime.&#8221;This horrific incident, which occurred on the evening &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human_rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5067,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065\/revisions\/5067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}