Aug 9, 2026 · 30 min
Pentagon withholds findings on deadly Iran school strike
The Global Story: Iran school strike: Will the truth come out?
The episode traces the human cost of the Minab school attack and the unresolved questions surrounding possible U.S. responsibility.
- 1More than 120 children died in the February 28 strike on Minab’s school, which remains officially unclaimed five months later.
- 2Survivors, families, videos, crater evidence and alleged weapon fragments point to a contested account of what happened.
- 3A reported Pentagon finding that the United States likely caused the strike remains unreleased amid continued official silence.
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Nawal Al-Maghafi describes survivors, grieving families and the evidence left at the destroyed Minab school, while Tom Bateman reports that a Pentagon probe may have blamed the United States.
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Nawal Al-Maghafi reports from Minab, where survivors and bereaved families are still searching for answers after a school strike killed more than 120 children.
Her reporting captures the ordinary school day turned catastrophe: empty classrooms, rescue efforts, a notebook in the rubble, and families grieving while attention moved elsewhere.
The evidence remains contested, including videos, forensic details, a crater and alleged Tomahawk fragments, while opposition to Iran’s regime coexists with anger at foreign bombing.
Tom Bateman examines the U.S. response, from repeated claims that the incident was under investigation to conflicting public explanations about the weapon involved.
A reported internal Pentagon probe concluded the strike was likely caused by the United States, yet its findings remain unreleased—an unusually long silence over a mass-casualty event.
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