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US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says

Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly due to targeting mistake by US military plannersMinab school bombing: a visual guideA preliminary US military investigation has reportedly determined that Washington was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an...

<p>Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly due to targeting mistake by US military planners</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide">Minab school bombing: a visual guide</a></p></li></ul><p>A preliminary US military investigation has reportedly determined that Washington was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school in February that killed scores of children.</p><p>According <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html">to the New York Times, quoting </a>unnamed US officials and others familiar with the initial findings, the investigation has concluded that the strike on 28 February on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military planners.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/iran-war-missile-strike-elementary-school">Continue reading...</a>
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