US struck Iran school where 175, including girls, died? What we know so far
India Today
A new video purportedly shows a Tomahawk missile hitting an Iranian base located next to a school where 175 people, most of them young girls, died on the opening day of the ongoing US-Iran war. The US is the only country in the world to operate the Tomahawk missile.
The bombing of an Iranian girls' school in Minab on February 28 has defined the human cost of the ongoing US-Israeli military action in Iran, which is now into its 10th day. The purported missile strike killed 175 people, mostly children, on the very first day of the conflict.
Images of the girls' funeral on March 3 were shown on Iranian state television. Their small coffins were draped with Iranian flags and passed from a truck across a large crowd towards the grave site. These visuals have not only evoked global condemnation of the bombing but also intensified calls for an international probe.
While denying bombing the school, the Trump administration has pinned the blame on the Iranian regime while saying that the bombing remains under investigation. When the New York Times asked President Trump on March 7 whether the United States had bombed the school, he said, "In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran. They’re very inaccurate with their munitions." On the same day, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters that the only side that targets civilians is Iran.
However, two US officials told news agency Reuters on March 5 that the US forces may have been responsible for the apparent strike on the school. Investigators had not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation, the news agency reported.
Now, there is video evidence pointing to a US involvement in the attack. Independent analysis of a new video of the strike by OSINT website Bellingcat and the New York Times shows the school was likely hit by a US Tomahawk missile. The video was released by Iran's Mehr agency on Sunday.
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed. pic.twitter.com/4jBXrNcRJO— Trevor Ball (@Easybakeovensz) March 8, 2026
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