Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.

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Anonymous wrote:182 dead (mostly children, all innocent non-combatants as far as we know) and there’s at least one poster in here who is not only refusing to just say “It looks like we F’d up, that’s horrendously tragic, and we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when we’re attacking other countries and expecting the world to view our conduct above that of a rogue regime”, but REPEATEDLY engaging in Whataboutism and intentionally misrepresenting what others have said and done throughout the thread.

Iran uses them as human shield for military , the guard

Nearly all of the 161 US DoDEA schools are located directly on military installations. Is the US government using students in DOD schools as human shields?

+1 Schools are located next to all sorts of buildings. We don't drop bombs on little kids. That there was a defense plant near the school that was bombed back in 2013 or 2016 does not excuse these killings in the slightest.

It's gross incompetence by so many parts of the US government, killings of kids, funded by the US taxpayer.

DoDEA has clear protocols for ensuring the safety of American military kids on base, like moving them to a hardened shelter or evacuating them if there's a military threat.

IRGC apparently has no such safety protocols for military kids. There was a post a while back in this thread with a tweet from a pro-Iran account at the beginning of the war talking about how their plan, if kids got killed, was to chalk it up to the evil Satan and use them as martyrs for the cause. Oof. How horrible, celebrating dead kids for propaganda rather than actually caring about their safety and wellbeing.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, for the record, the Bellingcat investigation of the alleged "second tap tomahawk" pretty clearly shows it targeted a different building on the IRGC base, not the school.



The geolocated path of the tomahawk is shown in the red cone. The school is the white box at above left, outside of the cone.

It's horrible that they appear to have mistargeted and hit the school, and they've owned up to that - but the repeated accusation that there was a deliberate double tap intended to kill more kids and rub salt into the wound still at this point still appears specious and without enough solid evidence.

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It's very clearly Iranian propaganda. Shame on those posters who continue to propagate it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:182 dead (mostly children, all innocent non-combatants as far as we know) and there’s at least one poster in here who is not only refusing to just say “It looks like we F’d up, that’s horrendously tragic, and we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when we’re attacking other countries and expecting the world to view our conduct above that of a rogue regime”, but REPEATEDLY engaging in Whataboutism and intentionally misrepresenting what others have said and done throughout the thread.

Iran uses them as human shield for military , the guard

Nearly all of the 161 US DoDEA schools are located directly on military installations. Is the US government using students in DOD schools as human shields?

+1 Schools are located next to all sorts of buildings. We don't drop bombs on little kids. That there was a defense plant near the school that was bombed back in 2013 or 2016 does not excuse these killings in the slightest.

It's gross incompetence by so many parts of the US government, killings of kids, funded by the US taxpayer.

DoDEA has clear protocols for ensuring the safety of American military kids on base, like moving them to a hardened shelter or evacuating them if there's a military threat.

IRGC apparently has no such safety protocols for military kids. There was a post a while back in this thread with a tweet from a pro-Iran account at the beginning of the war talking about how their plan, if kids got killed, was to chalk it up to the evil Satan and use them as martyrs for the cause. Oof. How horrible, celebrating dead kids for propaganda rather than actually caring about their safety and wellbeing.

These weren't "military kids." This was an Iranian girls' school in an Iranian city. And if you think that people are celebrating dead kids for propaganda, while you're the one who actually cares about their safety and well-being while insisting that Iranians should have the same safety protocols as Americans living on overseas military bases, you're both stupid and callous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Oh, PLEASE!! Day two of strikes *obviously* means, don't send your kids to school! Especially one on a military base! Good grief, I don't think I've ever heard such stupidity.
DP

You're the stupid one, because you are incapable of reading news articles that say that the school wasn't ON a military base. Not sure where you expect people to go when their whole city is being bombed unexpectedly.

Um, stay at home, you utter imbecile?? Would you send your kids to school on day two of bombing strikes, when that school was co-located with a military base? JFC.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:182 dead (mostly children, all innocent non-combatants as far as we know) and there’s at least one poster in here who is not only refusing to just say “It looks like we F’d up, that’s horrendously tragic, and we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when we’re attacking other countries and expecting the world to view our conduct above that of a rogue regime”, but REPEATEDLY engaging in Whataboutism and intentionally misrepresenting what others have said and done throughout the thread.

Iran uses them as human shield for military , the guard

Nearly all of the 161 US DoDEA schools are located directly on military installations. Is the US government using students in DOD schools as human shields?

+1 Schools are located next to all sorts of buildings. We don't drop bombs on little kids. That there was a defense plant near the school that was bombed back in 2013 or 2016 does not excuse these killings in the slightest.

It's gross incompetence by so many parts of the US government, killings of kids, funded by the US taxpayer.

+2 I attended an American elementary school 400 feet from a defense plant. I am pretty sure that my parents wouldn't have ever excused my school to be bombed as a target as a normal part of war.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Oh, PLEASE!! Day two of strikes *obviously* means, don't send your kids to school! Especially one on a military base! Good grief, I don't think I've ever heard such stupidity.
DP

You're the stupid one, because you are incapable of reading news articles that say that the school wasn't ON a military base. Not sure where you expect people to go when their whole city is being bombed unexpectedly.

This school is very much ON the military base. A few feet outside the box is not somehow OFF the base. Get a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:182 dead (mostly children, all innocent non-combatants as far as we know) and there’s at least one poster in here who is not only refusing to just say “It looks like we F’d up, that’s horrendously tragic, and we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when we’re attacking other countries and expecting the world to view our conduct above that of a rogue regime”, but REPEATEDLY engaging in Whataboutism and intentionally misrepresenting what others have said and done throughout the thread.

Iran uses them as human shield for military , the guard

Nearly all of the 161 US DoDEA schools are located directly on military installations. Is the US government using students in DOD schools as human shields?

+1 Schools are located next to all sorts of buildings. We don't drop bombs on little kids. That there was a defense plant near the school that was bombed back in 2013 or 2016 does not excuse these killings in the slightest.

It's gross incompetence by so many parts of the US government, killings of kids, funded by the US taxpayer.

+2 I attended an American elementary school 400 feet from a defense plant. I am pretty sure that my parents wouldn't have ever excused my school to be bombed as a target as a normal part of war.

So, your parents would have sent you to school on Day Two of a bombing strike, knowing your school was co-located with the base? Do you even hear yourselves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Oh, PLEASE!! Day two of strikes *obviously* means, don't send your kids to school! Especially one on a military base! Good grief, I don't think I've ever heard such stupidity.
DP

You're the stupid one, because you are incapable of reading news articles that say that the school wasn't ON a military base. Not sure where you expect people to go when their whole city is being bombed unexpectedly.

Um, stay at home, you utter imbecile?? Would you send your kids to school on day two of bombing strikes, when that school was co-located with a military base? JFC.

Stop lying you stupid amoral troll. The school was not co-located with a military base. This was massive mistake by the US military.

I will paste the same news articles that many other posters have posted, but clearly you want to do nothing else but blame little girls for their own death because they had the audacity to go to elementary school.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the U.S. military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part, the preliminary investigation found. Officers at U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation said.

Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children.

A visual investigation by The Times showed the building housing the school had been fenced off from the military base between 2013 and 2016.

Satellite imagery reviewed by The Times showed that watchtowers that once stood near the building had been removed, three public entrances were opened to the school, ground was cleared and play areas including a sports field were painted on asphalt, and walls were painted blue and pink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Where to evacuate them to? Easy, anywhere further than 150 feet from a key military base, dingus. It's not like they have to evacuate them out of the country. 99.9%+ of Iran is NOT military base or military target. There is literally 600,000 square miles plus of safer places in Iran to move kids to.

As for "wasn't expected" - it sure as hell should have been. Let's not infantilize the IRGC, they aren't stupid, in fact they have their own Farsi versions of "FA/FO" - take your pick,

خودت کردی که لعنت بر خودت باد
or
هر که باد بکارد، طوفان درو می‌کند
or
جو می‌کاری، جو درو می‌کنی
or just plain
خواست خودت بود

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:182 dead (mostly children, all innocent non-combatants as far as we know) and there’s at least one poster in here who is not only refusing to just say “It looks like we F’d up, that’s horrendously tragic, and we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when we’re attacking other countries and expecting the world to view our conduct above that of a rogue regime”, but REPEATEDLY engaging in Whataboutism and intentionally misrepresenting what others have said and done throughout the thread.

Iran uses them as human shield for military , the guard

Nearly all of the 161 US DoDEA schools are located directly on military installations. Is the US government using students in DOD schools as human shields?

+1 Schools are located next to all sorts of buildings. We don't drop bombs on little kids. That there was a defense plant near the school that was bombed back in 2013 or 2016 does not excuse these killings in the slightest.

It's gross incompetence by so many parts of the US government, killings of kids, funded by the US taxpayer.

DoDEA has clear protocols for ensuring the safety of American military kids on base, like moving them to a hardened shelter or evacuating them if there's a military threat.

IRGC apparently has no such safety protocols for military kids. There was a post a while back in this thread with a tweet from a pro-Iran account at the beginning of the war talking about how their plan, if kids got killed, was to chalk it up to the evil Satan and use them as martyrs for the cause. Oof. How horrible, celebrating dead kids for propaganda rather than actually caring about their safety and wellbeing.

These weren't "military kids." This was an Iranian girls' school in an Iranian city. And if you think that people are celebrating dead kids for propaganda, while you're the one who actually cares about their safety and well-being while insisting that Iranians should have the same safety protocols as Americans living on overseas military bases, you're both stupid and callous.

+1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Oh, PLEASE!! Day two of strikes *obviously* means, don't send your kids to school! Especially one on a military base! Good grief, I don't think I've ever heard such stupidity.
DP

You're the stupid one, because you are incapable of reading news articles that say that the school wasn't ON a military base. Not sure where you expect people to go when their whole city is being bombed unexpectedly.

Um, stay at home, you utter imbecile?? Would you send your kids to school on day two of bombing strikes, when that school was co-located with a military base? JFC.

Stop lying you stupid amoral troll. The school was not co-located with a military base. This was massive mistake by the US military.

I will paste the same news articles that many other posters have posted, but clearly you want to do nothing else but blame little girls for their own death because they had the audacity to go to elementary school.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the U.S. military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part, the preliminary investigation found. Officers at U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation said.

Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children.

A visual investigation by The Times showed the building housing the school had been fenced off from the military base between 2013 and 2016.

Satellite imagery reviewed by The Times showed that watchtowers that once stood near the building had been removed, three public entrances were opened to the school, ground was cleared and play areas including a sports field were painted on asphalt, and walls were painted blue and pink.

It was colocated AND it was a mistake.

The school was less than 150 feet from the base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They deliberately put schools next to military its terrorist 101

Are you high or just stupid? I attended an American public school next to a defense plant. US embassies have American schools co-located with military bases. None of that excuses dropping bombs on a school shows playing fields with walls that are painted blue and pink. If this had happened to American children, Americans would be rioting in the streets.

DP. I also attended an American elementary school next to a U.S. Army base in the UK. I can assure you, if we had been bombed, my parents would *never* have sent us to school the next day. "Sure, you kids go ahead and have a great day. I'm sure that if the base is bombed, you'll be perfectly safe." Not enough eyerolls for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the second day of a war that no one in the US government has elaborated a clear justification for, we the American taxpayer killed 150+ kids.

Incredible what damage an incompetent and value-free administration can do.

So there is this thing that the Israelis started to do years ago. If you claim there is a high priority target in the area you can avoid war crime charges. It has been very successful for the Israelis. You blow up a hospital…well senior leadership was using the hospital as a hidden bunker. No proof is needed. You just need to claim it. There are a few independent journalists in Israel who have constructed the history of this.

Very surprised the US military owned up to this. A lot of careers died with the release of this report.

It took a few days but they have owned up to it. Agree, some people may see their military careers end over this mistake. If only that were to include Hegseth, we can only hope. That said, the IRGC base in Minab was indeed and undeniably a high priority military target, serving key naval functions, serving as a missile base, and key logistics coordination point. It supported Fast-Attack Craft operations, a key component to Iran's strategies for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and other functions. Independent OSINT confirmed numerous direct hits on various base facilities which shows it was in fact the main target, not the school. It can also be seen in aerial imagery that the school was not even 150 feet from the current base footprint and that it was built in very similar style and construction to the other buildings on the base - because it not long ago was part of the base. Far too close for safety. In a wartime footing, the children should have been evacuated to a safer location. Yes, the US has schools for soldiers' kids on military bases, but there are clear protocols and guidance, in the event of a war threat, evacuation of the kids to a shelter, hardened location etc is one of the installation's top priorities. The US put that protocol into action in Iraq numerous times, in Turkey in 2016, in Japan during Fukushima etc. The IRGC on the other hand had no evident plan or protocol for the safety of kids.

Your analogy of the US evacuating bases with schools when wars occur in foreign countries is not valid. Where do you expect Iran to evacuate its children to when the country is under attack? It's not like the US flying a few kids and embassy staff out of the Middle East back to the safety of America.

This bombing happened on day TWO of the US strikes on Iran. It wasn't an expected conflict, and it's not like Iran had much time to adapt and evacuate kids out of the city.

Oh, PLEASE!! Day two of strikes *obviously* means, don't send your kids to school! Especially one on a military base! Good grief, I don't think I've ever heard such stupidity.
DP

You're the stupid one, because you are incapable of reading news articles that say that the school wasn't ON a military base. Not sure where you expect people to go when their whole city is being bombed unexpectedly.

Um, stay at home, you utter imbecile?? Would you send your kids to school on day two of bombing strikes, when that school was co-located with a military base? JFC.

Stop lying you stupid amoral troll. The school was not co-located with a military base. This was massive mistake by the US military.

I will paste the same news articles that many other posters have posted, but clearly you want to do nothing else but blame little girls for their own death because they had the audacity to go to elementary school.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the U.S. military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part, the preliminary investigation found. Officers at U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation said.

Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children.

A visual investigation by The Times showed the building housing the school had been fenced off from the military base between 2013 and 2016.

Satellite imagery reviewed by The Times showed that watchtowers that once stood near the building had been removed, three public entrances were opened to the school, ground was cleared and play areas including a sports field were painted on asphalt, and walls were painted blue and pink.

People keep repeating lies to justify the deaths of little kids. This was obviously a school. It was not co-located with a military base. And even if it were (like the 150+ DoED American schools that are co-located with a military base), bombing a school would still not be ok.