Overview
- Footage released by Iran’s Mehr News and authenticated by Bellingcat and major outlets shows a Tomahawk missile striking an IRGC facility beside the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab.
- Smoke is already visible from the direction of the school in the clip, aligning with satellite analysis that the school was hit during the same sequence of precision strikes on the adjacent base.
- Tomahawk missiles are not known to be fielded by Iran or Israel in this conflict, leaving the United States as the only participant operating the weapon.
- The Pentagon says the incident remains under investigation as President Trump publicly blames Iran, while Israeli officials say they are not aware of any US or Israeli strike on the school.
- Anonymous US officials told Reuters and other outlets that preliminary assessments point to likely US responsibility, as UN experts and rights groups call for a prompt, independent probe into the reported deaths of more than 150 people, most of them children.