US EditionEvidence Suggests the Deadly Blast at an Iranian School Was Likely a US Airstrike
More than 165 people, mostly children, died in a strike near a Revolutionary Guard compound in Minab, with U.S. military assessments underway amid claims of possible targeting errors.
- A deadly blast at an Iranian school in Hormozgan Province, located next to a Revolutionary Guard base and naval brigade barracks, is under investigation with evidence suggesting a possible U.S. airstrike.
- Satellite and video evidence show multiple precise strikes on the Guard compound and nearby buildings, indicating air-to-surface munitions likely caused the damage.
- Experts warn that targeting schools violates international law, emphasizing the school was a civilian object despite its proximity to military facilities.
- Investigations into the blast are ongoing, but no independent agency has had access to the site due to the ongoing conflict.
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Sources: Deadly strike on Iranian school likely from U.S. munition
On the first day of the war with Iran, a missile strike on an elementary school killed more than 170 people according to Iranian officials. Now one U.S. official and one person familiar with the preliminary findings of the U.S. investigation into the attack say it looks increasingly likely that a U.S. munition was responsible for the strike. NBC News’ Molly Hunter reports.
The U.S. Armed Forces were probably responsible for the attack on a primary school in southern Iran that killed dozens of girls, the most lethal incident of civilian casualties in the nearly a week-long U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of the evidence.
Evidence Suggests Deadly Blast At Iranian School Was Likely A US Airstrike
Satellite images, expert analysis, a US official and public information released by the US and Israeli militaries suggest an explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by US airstrikes.
Evidence suggests the deadly blast at an Iranian school was likely a US airstrike - The Boston Globe
The Feb. 28 strike, which had the highest reported civilian death toll since the war began, has come under staunch criticism from the United Nations and human rights monitors.
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