A Sky News investigation broadcast from Minab, Iran has revealed devastating evidence that US Tomahawk cruise missiles struck a primary school, killing at least 150 people including 120 children. International affairs editor Dominic Waghorn, reporting from the site, described the school as now reduced to a pile of rubble with a large crater in the middle. The school had been clearly marked on maps for at least ten years, with visible playgrounds and football pitch markings on satellite imagery.
During congressional cross-examination, US Admiral Cooper was asked directly whether America was behind the attack but refused to give a clear answer, stating only that America does not target civilians. Waghorn described the testimony as painful listening and noted the admiral was wriggling under questioning. The reporter emphasised this was not a complex question: the US needed only to confirm whether the strike was deliberate or a tragic misidentification, yet nearly three months later has still not answered.
The Sky News team spent almost a week at the site, speaking to parents, teachers, nurses and surviving children. All denied any military activity near the school. While some maps show the school is adjacent to buildings with reported links to the IRGC, the reporter stated categorically that nowhere near the school was there evidence of military activity. He suggested the school was tragically misidentified rather than deliberately targeted, but noted even misidentification could constitute a breach of the rules of war.
The investigation raises grave allegations against the United States military. If the school was misidentified as a military target, it would represent one of the deadliest single incidents involving civilian casualties in the Iran conflict. The families have demanded answers for nearly three months, and the refusal to provide a clear response has drawn criticism from human rights organisations and international observers. The incident echoes similar controversies from Iraq and Afghanistan where America eventually acknowledged mistakes after mounting evidence.