The Pentagon Stays Quiet, AP Reconstructs A U.S. Strike That Killed Over 100 Iranian Children

The Pentagon has not publicly concluded its review of a Feb. 28 strike on a primary school in southeastern Iran, even as the Associated Press reconstructed the attack and questioned the lack of accountability. AP reports the incident was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, with victims described as overwhelmingly children, in Minab. More than 120 days after at least one U.S. missile hit the school, the Trump administration has not directly accepted blame or formally released findings, according to a U.S. official speaking to AP on condition of anonymity. The AP reconstruction uses open-source materials, video, human-rights reporting, and interviews with residents and researchers, while details remain unclear, including how many munitions struck and a complete list of the dead. President Donald Trump said he had not read a Pentagon report and saw no basis to believe the U.S. carried out the attack. Iran’s UN mission did not respond to AP for comment.