US President Donald Trump said he did not know enough about reports that a Tomahawk cruise missile may have struck a school in Iran. These comments came after a reporter asked how Iran could use the missile when it is widely known that the US military is using it in the current conflict.
Trump said: “The Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons in existence, is used and sold by other countries.” “Iran also has some Tomahawk missiles… I don’t know enough about them. I think that’s something I’ve been told is under investigation.”
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The controversy centers on an explosion that struck a primary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on February 28, the same day that widespread strikes began across Iran.
Iranian authorities say the attack killed more than 150 people, many of them children, and blamed it on the United States and Israel. Washington rejected the accusation and said the incident was under investigation.Follow live updates of news about the US-Israeli-Iran warA New York Times report said it had confirmed the authenticity of a video clip published by Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency showing what appeared to be a Tomahawk missile hitting a building near the school.
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According to the newspaper, the only army that uses Tomahawk missiles in the current war is the United States.
The footage reportedly shows dust and smoke billowing from the direction of the school shortly after a series of explosions occurred near a nearby military facility.The investigative group Bellingcat and analysts cited by the Associated Press also reviewed the video and satellite images, saying the munition shown in the footage was likely a Tomahawk cruise missile.The raid took place near facilities linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, including a naval base and a medical clinic.
US military briefings had previously confirmed that US forces targeted naval sites near the strategic Strait of Hormuz on the same day.Read also | Was J.D. Vance hesitant about strike on Iran? Trump reveals the position of the Vice PresidentIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of attacking the school, while official media broadcast pictures of funerals and coffins wrapped in Iranian flags, some of which carried pictures of children.However, the Israeli army said it had no knowledge of an attack on a school.
Spokesman Nadav Shoshani told reporters that the army “is not aware of an Israeli or American strike there.”US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington would not intentionally target a school and confirmed that the Pentagon was examining the incident.“The United States will not intentionally target a school,” Rubio said. “Our goals are missiles and the ability to launch them.”
