US EditionAnalysis Suggests US Was Responsible for Deadly Strike on Iranian Elementary School
A joint US-Israeli bombing killed 168 children and injured 95 at a girls' primary school near an IRGC naval base in Minab, challenging claims of precise US strikes.
- On February 28, 2026, verified videos by Le Monde show the school in ruins with bodies being pulled from wreckage, despite Iran's internet blackout.
- Earlier this week, Esmail Baghaei called the strike `deliberate` and said it aimed to divert rescue efforts, amid a joint US‑Israeli campaign, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth praised US weapon accuracy.
- School ceremonies captured on video include seventy-six girls and young women kneeling in a school prayer room before the war at the Minab school in Iran.
- Unesco said `The killing of students in a place meant for learning constitutes a grave violation of the protection afforded to schools under international humanitarian law` as mourners and families in Minab attended the funeral on Tuesday and Iran claims strikes hit civilian sites while Israel rejects involvement and the US faces blame.
- The US military posted that Iranian targets were `being decimated by US forces`, while the conflict's toll includes `more than 1,300 people` and at least 181 children.
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In closed-door briefings this week, representatives of President Donald Trump's administration confirmed to lawmakers that the United States had struck an area in Iran where an elementary school was hit and dozens of children were killed.
Deadly explosion at Iranian school was likely a U.S. airstrike
JERUSALEM — Satellite images, expert analysis, a U.S. official and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries suggest an explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes that also hit an adjacent compound associated with the regime’s Revolutionary Guard.
Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school
CNN By Christian Edwards, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Quinta Thomson, Isobel Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The United States military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence. Satellite imagery, geolocated videos, public statement…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Deadly bombing of girls’ school in Iran likely by US air strike
U.S. Strikes Iranian School Killing 168 Children and Staff
The United States was behind a strike on an Iranian school that killed 168 children and staff members. The February 28th strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school came on the first day of the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. This strike was a part of the initial “preemptive” attack that also killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khemeni. Iran Has Confirmed The Death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei In an analysis done by the New…
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