US EditionWhat We Know About Alleged Strike on Iran School
Iran reports over 150 killed in alleged US-Israeli missile strikes on Minab school; US Central Command released related Tomahawk missile footage and is investigating.
- Iran accused Israel and the United States of striking an elementary school in Minab, saying the attack killed more than 150 people and state media showed funerals and coffins.
- US Central Command released footage of Navy Tomahawk launches filmed on February 28, and Trump suggested Iran may have been responsible, citing munitions inaccuracy.
- AFP reports it cannot independently verify the circumstances or toll and geolocated a clip to a building in Minab near the Shahid Absalan clinic 238 metres and the Seyed al-Shohada IRGC cultural complex 286 metres away.
- The Pentagon said it is investigating the incident, while Israel's military said it was not aware of any strike and Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani stated, 'At this point not aware of an Israeli or an American strike there... We're operating in an extremely accurate manner.'
- The Times reported satellite imagery and verified videos indicate the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school was severely damaged by a precision strike alongside naval base attacks, a US official said, 'The United States would not deliberately target a school.
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What we know about alleged strike on Iran school
US military killed 160 school girls in Minab with Tomahawk missile
Numerous media analyses of photos, video and satellite imagery have concluded that the massacre of 160 children at the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ Primary School in Minab on February 28 was carried out by the US military.
Iran also has Tomahawks: Trump on whether US missile struck Minab school
Responding to a question about footage that allegedly shows an American missile hitting an Iranian military base located next to a primary school, Trump said he had not seen the video but noted that the Tomahawk missile is used by multiple countries.
According to the Iranian authorities, she was hit by the school on 28 February and killed more than 168 people, the majority of whom were children.
A video released yesterday by Iran's semi-official news agency and confirmed as authentic by BBC Verify shows the missile shortly before it hit an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) base next to the Minab base.
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