Overview
- Iran’s embassies, which posted names and photos Sunday, accused USS Spruance officers Leigh R. Tate and Jeffrey E. York of authorizing three Tomahawk launches that hit a girls’ school in Minab on February 28th.
- Embassy posts labeled the officers “criminals” and said 168 children were killed, while Iranian officials have put the overall toll at roughly 175 students and teachers.
- Preliminary U.S. military findings reported by the New York Times suggest outdated mapping or intelligence led the missile to the school rather than a nearby Iranian military site once tied to the same complex.
- U.S. authorities say the investigation remains open and maintain that the United States does not target civilian sites.
- The school strike came on the conflict’s opening day as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran set off broader fighting, and President Donald Trump later argued Iran could have been responsible.