USA’s Targeting Mistake Leads To Missile Strike on Iran Girls School

The New York Times has cited a preliminary military inquiry as finding the United States to be responsible for a strike on an all-girls primary school in Iran, resulting in the deaths of many, with most casualties being children.

The newspaper, citing US officials, said the investigation into the February 28 attack was ongoing but preliminary findings were that the United States was responsible. CNN, citing unidentified sources briefed on the probe, also reported that the US military accidentally struck the Shajereh Tayyebeh elementary school in the southern city of Minab. The Times further elaborated that the US military was bombing an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly part of and target coordinates were set using outdated data.

Iranian media reported funerals were held for at least 165 people, most of them children, at the school. US President Donald Trump initially suggested that Iran itself may have been responsible, despite Iran not having Tomahawk missiles. He later said he could “live with” whatever the investigation revealed but when asked about the Times report on Wednesday, local time, he told reporters that “I don’t know about it”.