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The U.S. Government's Shifting Excuses for Bombing a School in Iran
The Trump administration has come up with contradictory reasons to avoid admitting to an obvious, terrible mistake.
Matthew Petti | 5.20.2026 1:30 PM
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The most infamous atrocity of the U.S.-Iranian war happened in its first few hours. During the U.S.-Israeli surprise attack on Iran on the morning of February 28, 2026, a missile blew up an elementary school in the small town of Minab, Iran, killing 156 people, most of them children.
"Sometimes I close my eyes and recall her laugh, her voice, how she used to run at school, laugh with her friends, and how we used to dream of her future," Amina Karimi told Drop Site during her nightly graveyard vigil for her seven-year-old daughter Leila. "The night is heavy and the cold bites. But the dim candlelight gives me some warmth."
U.S. President Donald Trump was originally told by the CIA that the school was hit by an Iranian missile, and repeated that explanation in public. Adm. Bradley Cooper, head of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, came out with a new explanation on Tuesday. "It's a complex investigation. The school itself is located on an active [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] cruise missile........