US Launches Tomahawk Strike Near Minab Girls' School, Video Links Attack to 150+ Dead

Newly released and independently verified video shows a missile striking an IRGC naval base in Minab, southern Iran, on Feb. 28.

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Feb. 28 was the first day of coordinated US–Israeli airstrikes across Iran.

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The footage, published by Iran’s Mehr News Agency and geolocated by investigators including Bellingcat, depicts a missile hitting a building immediately adjacent to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.

Thick smoke is seen rising from the school area in the video.

Reports place the death toll from the strike at more than 150, with some figures around 175.

The imagery has intensified questions about responsibility for the deadly attack.

Investigators and analysts identify the weapon as a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, a long-range munition used by the United States, and say imagery contradicts President Donald Trump’s public claim that an Iranian missile struck the school.

U.S. officials acknowledged that the United States was operating in southern Iran when the strike occurred, and Gen. Dan Caine said the first shots at sea were Tomahawks fired by the U.S. Navy, aligning with investigators’ identification of the munition.

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There is a clear dispute between official statements and independent analysis.

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President Trump publicly blamed Iran for the school bombing, but investigators and open-source researchers argue the video evidence and weapon profile point away from Iranian systems toward a Tomahawk-like munition.

That contradiction between a political attribution and technical geolocation and forensics has sharpened calls for transparent, independent investigation into the strike and its casualties.

Footage shows a missile impact adjacent to an elementary school, thick smoke over the area, and investigators and media reporting that students were among those killed.

The reported death toll, cited as more than 150 with some counts near 175, has been widely referenced and is central to debates over accountability and the rules of engagement during the broader coordinated strikes that day.

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Analysts disagree on whether the missile’s visible features match Iranian designs.

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U.S. officials confirm Tomahawk use at sea that day.

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Independent geolocation links the strike to the school area.

Definitive, public forensic attribution has not been produced in the sources cited.

Coverage highlights both video evidence and contradictory official statements, and underscores the need for further independent forensics and transparent disclosure to resolve responsibility for the deaths.