U.S. Tomahawk Hits IRGC Naval Base Next to School, Video Shows; Reports Differ

Video and geolocated imagery show a Tomahawk missile strike on Feb. 28 in Minab, with smoke visible rising from a girls’ school next to a complex identified as an IRGC facility.

“New footage shows US missile striking IRGC facility near girls' school in Iran: Report Open source intelligence group says only US has Tomahawk missiles as Trump blames Iran for strike ISTANBUL New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile striking a facility of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the southern Iranian town of Minab on Feb”

Anadolu Agency

U.S. officials have acknowledged the U.S. launched attacks using Tomahawks that day and an investigation is underway.

Anadolu Agency

The incident was captured in footage reviewed by Bellingcat and reported by Anadolu, which states the strike hit an IRGC facility and that smoke was visible rising from an adjacent girls’ school where more than 170 people were reportedly killed.

The Washington Post notes that Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. launched attacks on Feb. 28 using Tomahawk missiles and that an investigation occurred.

NPR reported that a short video of a strike appeared authentic and that satellite imagery suggests a precision strike in Minab hit seven buildings in a complex, including a clinic, and caused deaths at a nearby school.

Open-source and independent analyses converge on a close spatial relationship between the school and IRGC installations and describe damage consistent with precision, penetrating munitions.

Anadolu cites independent analyses by the New York Times, BBC Verify and The Guardian using satellite imagery and geolocated videos that found the school directly adjacent to IRGC installations and reported damage consistent with penetrating munitions and simultaneous precision strikes on the nearby naval base.

NPR

NPR details satellite photos showing changes to the site over years, noting a separating wall added between the school and compound (2013–2016), an airstrip removed in 2024, and the former runway area being developed for housing.

Analysts used those imagery changes to corroborate geolocation and impact patterns.

The Washington Post records that an investigation took place last week and notes official attention to these technical findings.

Attribution is contested.

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Anadolu reports Bellingcat’s finding that "only the U.S. is known to field Tomahawks," a point that "contradicts President Trump’s assertion that Iran carried out the strike ("It was done by Iran… they are very inaccurate with their munitions")."

Anadolu also cites U.S. officials quoted in the Wall Street Journal saying "investigators believe American forces were likely responsible, though no final conclusion has been reached."

NPR similarly reports U.S. officials saying the U.S. is investigating and notes that "Officials suggested outdated targeting information might explain the strike on the school and clinic, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is investigating; the Pentagon did not immediately comment."

Together the accounts show public claims and on-the-ground forensic evidence pointing in different directions while an official probe continues.

Reports emphasize civilian harm and possible secondary strikes hitting people sheltering after the first blast.

Anadolu states the geolocated footage showed smoke from the adjacent girls' school and that 'more than 170 people were reportedly killed.'

NPR

Anadolu notes that reports from Middle East Eye and others describe a possible 'double-tap' (a second explosion hitting people sheltering after the first blast).

NPR likewise recorded that the strike 'caused deaths at a nearby school.'

NPR traced site details including a clinic the reporting says was reopened with IRGC ties, and local accounts and photos reviewed by NPR linked the clinic to the complex.

The Washington Post's reference to U.S. Tomahawk use and an investigation frames these civilian-harm claims as central to the ongoing probe.

Videos have circulated of varying authenticity in the wider Iran-related conflict.

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NPR

Investigators have not reached a final conclusion, and analysts warn that outdated records or compound changes over time can produce misidentification.

Anadolu Agency

NPR cautioned that "a short video of a strike appeared authentic, though AI-generated videos have circulated in the Iran-related conflict and often lack verifiable location details or contain physical inaccuracies."

Anadolu states plainly that "A U.S. investigation is ongoing... though no final conclusion has been reached."

The Washington Post records that an investigation took place last week but provided few details, underscoring that forensic work and official findings remain incomplete.

The reporting collectively signals that while open-source evidence ties a Tomahawk-class strike to the Minab complex and nearby school, definitive public attribution and explanations for civilian casualties await the investigators’ final account.