U.S. Military Investigation into Iran School Strike Nears Conclusion

U.S. Admiral Brad Cooper said on Tuesday. The probe has been described as complex because the school was located on an active Iranian cruise missile base. U.S. forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe but has not acknowledged any preliminary findings.

The incident took place on February 28 on the first day of the conflict and killed more than 175 children and teachers, Iranian officials say. "I'm always reluctant to put a timetable on it. U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. responsibility. "It's really pretty clear what happened there. U.S. Representative Adam Smith, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

U.S. strikes and how the Pentagon would accept initial responsibility ahead of the completion of its investigation. Cooper suggested the school strike was different. It's more complex than the average strike," he told Smith. Archived copies of the school's official website show the school is adjacent to a compound operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military force that reports to Iran's supreme leader.

U.S. officials responsible for creating targeting packages appeared to have used out-of-date intelligence. Hours after, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei described the statements as "baseless fabrication". "Targeting an active educational institution during school hours constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and is a clear war crime.

The civilian nature of the site cannot be obscured by technical misrepresentations," he said on X. U.S. military never targets civilians and said it would follow the law of war "to a T.