Video shows US Tomahawk missile striking base near Iran school: NYT

A video verified by The New York Times suggests a US Tomahawk cruise missile struck a naval base beside an elementary school in Iran's Minab on February 28, where 175 people were reportedly killed, many of them children. The findings appear to contradict remarks by US President Donald Trump, who had suggested that Iran may have been responsible for the strike.

Video accessed and analysed by the New York Times suggests that a US Tomahawk cruise missile struck a naval base next to an elementary school in southern Iran where more than 150 schoolgirls were among a total of 175 people killed.

The footage, released by Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency and verified by the newspaper, reportedly shows a Tomahawk missile hitting a naval facility in the town of Minab on February 28.

The strike occurred close to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, which was severely damaged around the same time, the report said. Local reports cited by the newspaper said 175 people were killed, many of them children.

According to the report, the video was filmed from a construction site opposite the naval base and shows a missile striking a building described as a medical clinic within the IRGC facility. Plumes of smoke and debris can be seen rising from the building after the impact.

As the camera pans across the area, large clouds of dust and smoke are already visible near the elementary school, suggesting that the school had been struck shortly before the impact on the naval base.

The newspaper said it verified the footage by comparing visible landmarks – including a dirt path, grassy terrain and debris piles – with satellite imagery captured in the days following the strikes.