Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:38
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:A Republican willing to take responsibility for a grave error. How rare!
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5778358-john-kennedy-iran-school-strike/
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake.
Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation also attacked a nearby Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.
The research and satellite images showed that the strikes appeared to come from the U.S.
“I mean, we’re investigating, but I’m not going to hide behind that,” Kennedy said on “The Arena” with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“The investigation may prove me wrong, I hope so,” he continued. “The kids are still dead. But I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake.”
The Louisiana Republican noted the strike likely “wasn’t intentional,” apologized for it and then called it “the sort of thing Russia does.”
“And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it,” he added later. “Most people understand no one’s perfect, but I don’t think our men and women who are fighting for us did it intentionally. I’ll never believe that.”
Um... he's saying what so many of us have been saying all along. It was unintentional. Was this supposed to be some sort of gotcha?
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:37
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since the troll poster has requested more information from the WSJ, I'm happy to oblige with a gift link. There's a very clear satellite picture showing just how close the school is to the base. Anyone claiming that this school wasn't very much adjacent to the military base - and previously a part of it - is nutty.
The school is located on the edge of a compound linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces, according to an analysis of images by The Wall Street Journal. There are indications the school building had previously been used as an IRGC headquarters, the official said.
The Journal analysis of satellite and open-source images shows the building was next to, and possibly part of, a compound linked to the IRGC. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute specializing in Iran’s military, said visual clues such as the size, number and arrangement of structures support the assessment that the site was a base, though there was little to suggest to him that it was an important one.
Google Maps identifies one building as a “cultural complex” of the IRGC, where young members play sports and train, Nadimi said. The compound also has a medical facility. A photograph pinned to the location on Google Maps shows a sign that says, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Medical Command.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-school-strike-07d8ffac?st=o8z38t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Being "close to" a base is no excuse for bombing a school. No one would be saying "oh that's ok, it's understandable they killed my kid" if their kid was killed because they attended one of the 150 DoED schools co-located on a military base.
If it was the second day of bombing, you'd better believe American parents wouldn't be sending their kids to school anywhere, much less to a school co-located on a military base. But do keep repeating yourself over and over and over...
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:34
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
And there is nothing in the satellite imagery that would indicate this was a school. Sorry. You'll have to move on at some point.
New York Times reporting says otherwise. No one cares about your anonymous opinion, and no one is going to "move on" about a massive error that killed 150 kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The top line finding of the internal military investigation mirrors a growing body of public evidence that clearly suggests U.S. responsibility.
Satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos assembled by The Times visual investigation team indicate that the school was severely damaged by a precision strike that occurred around the same time as attacks on the naval base. A Times analysis showed that base was hit again within around two hours of the first strikes.
You're not even responding with the correct information. Nothing in your link suggests that this building was easily identifiable as a school to begin with. We all know it was hit. You're just regurgitating the same information. The point is that it was hit unintentionally while bombing the base it sits right against and was at one time, a part of. And also, no one is arguing that the U.S. isn't probably responsible for the hit. We are saying it was not intentional.
Please take your lies, hysteria, and general lunacy elsewhere. Maybe go outside and breathe some fresh air.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:34
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
A Republican willing to take responsibility for a grave error. How rare!
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5778358-john-kennedy-iran-school-strike/
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake.
Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation also attacked a nearby Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.
The research and satellite images showed that the strikes appeared to come from the U.S.
“I mean, we’re investigating, but I’m not going to hide behind that,” Kennedy said on “The Arena” with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“The investigation may prove me wrong, I hope so,” he continued. “The kids are still dead. But I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake.”
The Louisiana Republican noted the strike likely “wasn’t intentional,” apologized for it and then called it “the sort of thing Russia does.”
“And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it,” he added later. “Most people understand no one’s perfect, but I don’t think our men and women who are fighting for us did it intentionally. I’ll never believe that.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5778358-john-kennedy-iran-school-strike/
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake.
Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation also attacked a nearby Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.
The research and satellite images showed that the strikes appeared to come from the U.S.
“I mean, we’re investigating, but I’m not going to hide behind that,” Kennedy said on “The Arena” with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“The investigation may prove me wrong, I hope so,” he continued. “The kids are still dead. But I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake.”
The Louisiana Republican noted the strike likely “wasn’t intentional,” apologized for it and then called it “the sort of thing Russia does.”
“And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it,” he added later. “Most people understand no one’s perfect, but I don’t think our men and women who are fighting for us did it intentionally. I’ll never believe that.”
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:31
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Since the troll poster has requested more information from the WSJ, I'm happy to oblige with a gift link. There's a very clear satellite picture showing just how close the school is to the base. Anyone claiming that this school wasn't very much adjacent to the military base - and previously a part of it - is nutty.
The school is located on the edge of a compound linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces, according to an analysis of images by The Wall Street Journal. There are indications the school building had previously been used as an IRGC headquarters, the official said.
The Journal analysis of satellite and open-source images shows the building was next to, and possibly part of, a compound linked to the IRGC. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute specializing in Iran’s military, said visual clues such as the size, number and arrangement of structures support the assessment that the site was a base, though there was little to suggest to him that it was an important one.
Google Maps identifies one building as a “cultural complex” of the IRGC, where young members play sports and train, Nadimi said. The compound also has a medical facility. A photograph pinned to the location on Google Maps shows a sign that says, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Medical Command.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-school-strike-07d8ffac?st=o8z38t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Being "close to" a base is no excuse for bombing a school. No one would be saying "oh that's ok, it's understandable they killed my kid" if their kid was killed because they attended one of the 150 DoED schools co-located on a military base.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:30
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Since the troll poster has requested more information from the WSJ, I'm happy to oblige with a gift link. There's a very clear satellite picture showing just how close the school is to the base. Anyone claiming that this school wasn't very much adjacent to the military base - and previously a part of it - is nutty.
The school is located on the edge of a compound linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces, according to an analysis of images by The Wall Street Journal. There are indications the school building had previously been used as an IRGC headquarters, the official said.
The Journal analysis of satellite and open-source images shows the building was next to, and possibly part of, a compound linked to the IRGC. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute specializing in Iran’s military, said visual clues such as the size, number and arrangement of structures support the assessment that the site was a base, though there was little to suggest to him that it was an important one.
Google Maps identifies one building as a “cultural complex” of the IRGC, where young members play sports and train, Nadimi said. The compound also has a medical facility. A photograph pinned to the location on Google Maps shows a sign that says, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Medical Command.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-school-strike-07d8ffac?st=o8z38t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The school is located on the edge of a compound linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces, according to an analysis of images by The Wall Street Journal. There are indications the school building had previously been used as an IRGC headquarters, the official said.
The Journal analysis of satellite and open-source images shows the building was next to, and possibly part of, a compound linked to the IRGC. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute specializing in Iran’s military, said visual clues such as the size, number and arrangement of structures support the assessment that the site was a base, though there was little to suggest to him that it was an important one.
Google Maps identifies one building as a “cultural complex” of the IRGC, where young members play sports and train, Nadimi said. The compound also has a medical facility. A photograph pinned to the location on Google Maps shows a sign that says, “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Medical Command.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-school-strike-07d8ffac?st=o8z38t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:28
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
And there is nothing in the satellite imagery that would indicate this was a school. Sorry. You'll have to move on at some point.
New York Times reporting says otherwise. No one cares about your anonymous opinion, and no one is going to "move on" about a massive error that killed 150 kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The top line finding of the internal military investigation mirrors a growing body of public evidence that clearly suggests U.S. responsibility.
Satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos assembled by The Times visual investigation team indicate that the school was severely damaged by a precision strike that occurred around the same time as attacks on the naval base. A Times analysis showed that base was hit again within around two hours of the first strikes.
+1 Even Republicans are admitting this is a massive f*** up.
GOP senator on Iran school strike: ‘A terrible, terrible mistake’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5778358-john-kennedy-iran-school-strike/
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake.
Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation also attacked a nearby Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.
The research and satellite images showed that the strikes appeared to come from the U.S.
“I mean, we’re investigating, but I’m not going to hide behind that,” Kennedy said on “The Arena” with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“The investigation may prove me wrong, I hope so,” he continued. “The kids are still dead. But I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake.”
The Louisiana Republican noted the strike likely “wasn’t intentional,” apologized for it and then called it “the sort of thing Russia does.”
“And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it,” he added later. “Most people understand no one’s perfect, but I don’t think our men and women who are fighting for us did it intentionally. I’ll never believe that.”
That's good that the Senator at least apologized. Unlike dementia Trump who said the Iranians shot Tomahawk missiles that they didn't have at themselves and then said he knew nothing about the incident.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:25
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
And there is nothing in the satellite imagery that would indicate this was a school. Sorry. You'll have to move on at some point.
New York Times reporting says otherwise. No one cares about your anonymous opinion, and no one is going to "move on" about a massive error that killed 150 kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The top line finding of the internal military investigation mirrors a growing body of public evidence that clearly suggests U.S. responsibility.
Satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos assembled by The Times visual investigation team indicate that the school was severely damaged by a precision strike that occurred around the same time as attacks on the naval base. A Times analysis showed that base was hit again within around two hours of the first strikes.
+1 Even Republicans are admitting this is a massive f*** up.
GOP senator on Iran school strike: ‘A terrible, terrible mistake’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5778358-john-kennedy-iran-school-strike/
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake.
Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation also attacked a nearby Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.
The research and satellite images showed that the strikes appeared to come from the U.S.
“I mean, we’re investigating, but I’m not going to hide behind that,” Kennedy said on “The Arena” with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“The investigation may prove me wrong, I hope so,” he continued. “The kids are still dead. But I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake.”
The Louisiana Republican noted the strike likely “wasn’t intentional,” apologized for it and then called it “the sort of thing Russia does.”
“And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it,” he added later. “Most people understand no one’s perfect, but I don’t think our men and women who are fighting for us did it intentionally. I’ll never believe that.”
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:19
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
And there is nothing in the satellite imagery that would indicate this was a school. Sorry. You'll have to move on at some point.
New York Times reporting says otherwise. No one cares about your anonymous opinion, and no one is going to "move on" about a massive error that killed 150 kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html
The top line finding of the internal military investigation mirrors a growing body of public evidence that clearly suggests U.S. responsibility.
Satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos assembled by The Times visual investigation team indicate that the school was severely damaged by a precision strike that occurred around the same time as attacks on the naval base. A Times analysis showed that base was hit again within around two hours of the first strikes.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:18
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
Oh I'm so relieved to know that putting up a little chain link fence will stop missiles and blast debris in war time. /s
Seriously. The idiocy is just gob-smacking.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:16
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
Oh I'm so relieved to know that putting up a little chain link fence will stop missiles and blast debris in war time. /s
So if American kids get bombed at DoED schools, you will think it's perfectly fine because their parents were so stupid to send them there? That's a pretty sick value system you have.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:14
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
And there is nothing in the satellite imagery that would indicate this was a school. Sorry. You'll have to move on at some point.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:13
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd never heard of bellingcat.com until you posted pictures and lies from there. But a quick google shows that they've faced ample criticism for lies and political bias and close ties to Western security interests.
But you clearly want to believe a biased online aggregator rather than a legitimate news source. There's no arguing with those who are blind and will not see.
Consider yourself both under‑informed and misinformed. Bellingcat is not some fringe "online aggregator" - it’s a Netherlands‑based investigative organization whose work is widely cited by major newspapers, academic researchers, human‑rights bodies, and even courts. Independent media‑rating organizations like Media Bias/Fact Check, Ad Fontes Media, and FactCheck.org consistently rate Bellingcat as highly reliable, with a mild left‑of‑center bias, not as deceptive, partisan, or untrustworthy.
They specialize in open‑source intelligence (OSINT) and have broken major investigations into war crimes, chemical‑weapons attacks, covert operations, and state‑sponsored disinformation. Their methodology is transparent and replicable, which is exactly why their findings hold up under scrutiny.
As for the claim that they’ve been "caught lying": that accusation overwhelmingly comes from the governments and political actors whose covert activities Bellingcat exposed. A prime example is their work on the so‑called "separatist uprising" in Donbas. Bellingcat was instrumental in identifying the supposedly "local separatist" fighters as Russian active‑duty military personnel, including the network commanded by Igor Girkin (Strelkov) - an FSB commander who later openly admitted his role. Their investigations also helped document the movement of the Buk missile launcher used to shoot down MH17, which was later confirmed by multiple independent inquiries.
It’s not surprising that Russian state media and its online proxies have spent years trying to discredit Bellingcat with fabricated accusations. That’s what happens when an investigative outlet exposes operations that were never meant to see daylight.
So no, dismissing Bellingcat as "biased" or "lying" isn’t even a valid argument. It’s just repeating talking points from the very actors whose misconduct Bellingcat has documented with verifiable evidence. If anything you should start questioning the "aggregators" that you are getting your information from, because you clearly picked up some disinformation and propaganda there.
+100
All of this. If anything, someone accusing a company such as Bellingcat - which actively works to expose human rights abuses - as somehow being "politically biased," that bias would lean left. As you said, they're a highly respected source used the world over. They are the "good guys." Pretty clear the PP is... not.
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:11
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did these parents send their girls to a school next to a military facility. So close it used to be part of the facility?
No one on this board does that. I guarantee.
Really? Why don't you send your name and what you'll pay with your guarantee since you're incorrect. There are 150+ Department of Defense schools co-located with military bases that thousands of American kids attend.
Don’t forget the base daycares and family housing located on our military bases that are nestled in or adjacent to civilian communities.
+1 This school had been fenced off from a military base since 2016. There is nothing in international law that justifies bombing kids during wars.
Oh I'm so relieved to know that putting up a little chain link fence will stop missiles and blast debris in war time. /s
Anonymous
03/11/2026 20:09
Subject: Whose Airstrike Bombed a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
Anonymous wrote:What's your source that the NY Times is using Iranian propaganda and that what you say is fact? Bellingcat.com is not a legitimate news source. Sorry that your education was so poor that you can't see that.
Bellingcat's already been addressed. They are definitely legitimate.
As for NYT, there are indeed several examples where the New York Times repeated claims originating from Iranian state media without clearly signaling how unverified or politically curated those claims were. The clearest case is the Minab school strike: early NYT reporting relied strictly on Iranian state‑media narrative and casualty numbers, without any independent corroboration or verification and completely left out that the obvious intended target was the adjacent IRGC naval facility. The NYT’s initial framing gave the Iranian narrative a veneer of factual certainty it hadn’t earned.
There have been many other similar issues with NYT’s reporting on nationwide casualty figures and alleged strikes on civilian infrastructure. The paper often cited Iranian state media as the source but didn’t bother noting that foreign journalists cannot freely operate in Iran, that the government tightly controls information, or that Tehran has a long, documented history of exaggerating, inflating or outright fabricating wartime claims for propaganda. As a result, a number of unverified and untrue Iranian assertions were presented by NYT as though they were factual baseline data rather than contested or unconfirmed reports.