Pentagon elevates investigation into Iran school strike
Iran has said the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School killed 168 children. If US fault is confirmed, it would rank among the worst incidents of civilian deaths in decades of US military strikes...
![This image grab taken from Iranian state television broadcast on 28 February 2026, shows what it says is the site of deadly US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the strategic sea route of the Strait of Hormuz [Screen grab/IRIB TV via AFP]](https://tbsnews.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_3/public/images/2026/03/02/southern_iran.png)
