US was responsible for Iran girls’ school bombing, initial inquiry finds

WorldPolitics
11 Mar 2026 • 11:52 PM MYT
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  • A US targeting mistake caused the strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children, the New York Times reports.
  • The newspaper cited U.S. officials and others who are familiar with the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation.
  • Iran has said at least 175 people, most of them children, were killed in the strike on Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.
  • U.S. officials initially cast doubt on claims that the U.S. was responsible despite video showing Tomahawk missiles, used by the U.S., striking near the school.
  • Trump previously suggested that Iran was behind the bombing. NYT said its sources emphasized that the findings are preliminary.

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