US-Iran War | NYT: US Missile May Have Hit Iranian School During Strike On Naval Base | WION

A missile that struck an elementary school in southern Iran may have been fired by US forces during a strike on a nearby Iranian military facility, according to reporting and analysis cited by The New York Times. The incident took place in Minab, where the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school was destroyed during the early phase of US-Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian military sites. Satellite imagery and video analysis suggest the school was hit at the same time as strikes on a nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base. Preliminary findings from a US military investigation cited by media reports indicate American forces were likely responsible for the strike, though officials stress the probe is ongoing and final conclusions have not been reached. The attack reportedly killed more than 150 people, many of them schoolchildren, according to Iranian officials, though the numbers have not been independently verified. The United States has said it does not deliberately target civilian sites and that the incident is under investigation.