March 9, 2026, 2:53 p.mMarch 9, 2026, 3:05 p.m
Investigative journalists have doubts about US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran itself was responsible for the bombing of a girls’ school that left around 170 dead.
Around 170 people were killed in the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran.Image: keystone
As research teams from the New York Times and the Bellingcat platform discovered independently, a video published on Sunday by the Iranian news agency Mehr shows the impact of a US missile near the school in the city of Minab in the south of the country.
In the clip, which is only a few seconds long, you can see a US Tomahawk cruise missile hitting an Iranian Revolutionary Guard facility on February 28th, writes Bellingcat. The video footage reviewed by journalists also shows smoke rising from near the girls’ school.
The New York Times states that the US cruise missile hit a naval base next to the school. “The US military is the only force involved in the conflict that uses tomahawks,” the newspaper said.
According to the New York Times, an examination of satellite images, social media posts and other videos suggests that the damage to the girls’ school was caused around the same time as the attacks on the naval base shown in the clip took place. On February 28, the US Navy fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iranian forces, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
On Sunday, Trump accused Iran of being responsible for the bombing of the girls’ school in front of journalists: “In my opinion and from what I saw, it was done by Iran.” The incident is still being investigated, Hegseth said. (dab/sda/dpa)