Evidence Shows U.S. Tomahawk Struck Iranian Girls' School, Killing 165

On Feb. 28 a strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killed scores of children and staff.

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Official and investigative counts clustered around 165–180 fatalities.

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Multiple outlets report that newly circulated videos and satellite imagery link the blast to that date and location.

Iran’s authorities and open-source investigators have described an extreme civilian toll concentrated among young girls.

The incident has prompted international outrage and calls for accountability as investigators pursue the strike’s origin and responsible party.

Open-source forensic work — including video verification, geolocation and satellite imagery — has been central to attributing the strike.

Iran’s Mehr News Agency released footage that investigators geolocated and analyzed.

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Groups including Bellingcat assessed the projectile’s flight and detonation profile as consistent with a BGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile and noted that Tomahawks are weapons associated with the U.S. presence in the conflict.

At the same time, some analysts caution the imagery lacks definitive, distinguishing features of a Tomahawk and say further forensic data would be needed for absolute certainty.

Eyewitness imagery and post-strike photos show devastating damage.

“Newly surfaced video adds to evidence that the United States likely struck a school in Iran, killing more than 170 people, including scores of children”

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The school building was effectively pulverized, with scattered schoolbags and textbooks, and there were mass funerals.

Local lists and reporting indicate whole classes were wiped out.

Some victims were so badly disfigured that authorities turned to DNA identification.

International bodies have registered alarm at the civilian impact and called for investigations into the protection of educational facilities.

Official statements and procedural steps have varied.

U.S. military officials, named in some reports, have said the U.S. Navy fired Tomahawk cruise missiles on Feb. 28.

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U.S. Central Command has acknowledged firing Tomahawks and posted imagery of a launch.

U.S. officials quoted anonymously told AP that the strike was likely American.

The Pentagon has launched a formal assessment.

U.S. political leaders say investigations are underway.

Israel has denied responsibility.

Observers note Israel does not operate Tomahawks.

Significant uncertainties remain and independent, on-the-ground verification has been limited.

“Associated PressAssociated Press Leave your feedback President Donald Trump erroneously claimed Monday that Iran has access to the American Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon likely used to strike a girls' school in Iran, killing 165 people”

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Reporters and analysts note the absence of publicly released bomb-fragment images and that no independent investigators had reached the site at the time of reporting.

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Some defence analysts highlight inconsistencies between the strike’s visual signature and standard Tomahawk effects.

Legal experts say that even a mistaken strike that failed to verify military targets could amount to a serious violation of international humanitarian law.

Those concerns reinforce demands for a transparent, forensic inquiry.