Trump casts doubt on US striking Iran school on war’s first day
The February 28 attack, likely carried out by the US, killed more than 175 children and teachers in the southern city of Minab
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran on February 28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children.
Reuters first reported in March that an initial internal US military investigation showed US forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab in southern Iran. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe but it has not acknowledged any preliminary findings.
“I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem,” Trump told reporters. “I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying all over the place,” he said.
“Somebody said it was our missile, maybe it wasn’t our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe it was,” Trump remarked, adding: “I don’t think it was us”.
Trump then called on Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, seated on a couch in the Oval Office, to back up his assertion.
“Well Mr President, we’ve taken the investigation very seriously, and when, when the appropriate time is right, whatever that outcome is, that’ll be the time to divulge,” Hegseth said.
