A primary school in Minab, Iraninfluenced by the United States and Israelaction against Ayatollah Khameneiregime. A strike at Shajarah Tayyebeh Primary School on 28 February killed dozens of people, including children, making it the deadliest known incident of civilian casualties since the start of the multinational conflict. However, no party claimed responsibility for the attack.
Two separate analyses, by The New York Times and CBC News, provide greater insight into who may have bombed the girls’ school.
according to Nowthe building was damaged by a precision strike that coincided with an attack on a neighboring naval base operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The publication added that official statements that U.S. forces were attacking naval targets near the Strait of Hormuz, where the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base is located, suggested U.S. forces most likely carried out the attack on the school.
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Iranian state television said the attack killed at least 165 people, mostly children. CBC News also draw conclusions The attack was caused by a precision airstrike on a military installation near the building.
The facility was originally a school, but CBC News confirmed reports that it was part of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base. CBC News also found that the facility was attacked more than once. A military researcher told the publication: “This was a precise targeting of an IRGC military installation. According to satellite imagery, the impact showed a pattern of precision-guided munitions… There should not be any mistakes.” According to the researchers, the school that was attacked “was either a malfunction of the weapons system or a huge mistake made by Central Command in intelligence gathering.”
US and Israel issue statements on Iranian school attacks
When the Donald Trump administration was asked about attacks on Iranian schools, press secretary Carolyn Leavitt stepped in and said “to our knowledge, none.” She added that the Army Department was investigating the matter.
Israeli military spokesman Nadav Shoshani told reporters that “as of now” he was not aware of any Israeli military operations “in the area” at the time.
There were claims that the Iranian missile itself hit the school, but these have been debunked.
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (international space station), attacks typically focus the United States in the south and Israel in the north. Minab is located in the south, close to the Strait of Hormuz, which would put it within the main operational range of the U.S. military, CBC News reported.
