Arabic version: نتائج أولية تلقي اللوم على الولايات المتحدة في قصف مدرسة البنات الإيرانية
A preliminary investigation into the bombing of an Iranian girls’ elementary school found that the US is to blame for the strike that killed at least 175 people, according to The Guardian. Citing unnamed officials familiar with the preliminary findings, the Times reports that a Tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school was the result of a “targeting mistake” by the US military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base, which used to include the school building.
According to the officials briefed on the preliminary investigation whom the Times spoke with, officers at US Central Command (Centcom) created target coordinates for the strike “using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency”. The officials emphasized that “there are important unanswered questions about why the outdated information had not been double checked”.
Despite the preliminary findings, President Donald Trump has insisted that Iran bears responsibility for the attack, despite admitting that he “doesn’t know enough” about the strike, and administration officials are withholding blame until a full report is released. The president has said he is “willing to live” with the investigation’s findings.
In related developments, Trump has expressed confidence in the US military’s progress against Iran, asserting that the war will conclude soon, as there is “practically nothing left to target” in the region. Meanwhile, the Pentagon reported that approximately 140 US service members had been injured during the ongoing conflict, with eight listed as severely injured.
As the situation evolves, the implications of the bombing and its consequences on US-Iran relations remain a focal point of international scrutiny.
