Overview
- The head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers Tuesday the investigation into the Feb. 28 Minab school strike is coming to an end and he pledged an unclassified report.
- Admiral Brad Cooper said the school stood on an active Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cruise‑missile base, which he argued makes the review more complex.
- Cooper said only the Minab strike matched U.S. munitions among 39 incidents the New York Times listed, and he reiterated that the Pentagon has not yet accepted responsibility.
- Earlier reports by Reuters, the New York Times, and CNN, along with an initial internal assessment, indicated U.S. forces were likely responsible and a Tomahawk cruise missile may have been used.
- Iran rejects the U.S. account and calls the attack a war crime, while Iranian outlets report more than 150 students and staff were killed and independent verification remains limited.