As the tensions in West Asia continue to escalate, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that he believes the deadly strikes on a girls’ primary school in southern Iran last weekend were ‘done by Iran’
As the tensions in West Asia continue to escalate, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that he believes the deadly strikes on a girls’ primary school in southern Iran last weekend were “done by Iran”. However, the American leader did not cite any evidence to support his proclamation.
“In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran…We think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. The remarks from the American leader came right after he attended the dignified transfer of six US soldiers who were killed in an Iranian strike in Kuwait on March 1.
When a reporter asked if Trump’s assessment was accurate, the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon was “investigating,” adding that “the only side that targets civilians is Iran.” Meanwhile, the Iranian state media and health officials have reported that the strike on February 28, the first day of the war, killed dozens of people, including schoolgirls ages 7 to 12. At that time, the Iranian officials blamed the US and Israel for the strike.
Who did the strike?
Two sources, one of which is an Israeli source, told CBS News that Israel was not operating in the area of the strike. The Israeli source told the American news outlet that the Jewish nation was not behind the strike and said that the Israeli Air Force was not operating near the school.
Meanwhile, a person familiar with the probe told CBS News on Friday that US investigators believe that Americans may have been responsible. In a separate statement, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said that the “investigation is ongoing” into the incident.
“There are no conclusions at this time, and it is both irresponsible and false for anyone to claim otherwise,” Kelly said Friday. “As we have said, unlike the terrorist Iranian regime, the United States does not target civilians.” The tragic blast occurred in Minab, a city in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
Footage filmed from the parking lot showed plumes of black smoke billowing from a damaged building adorned with murals featuring drawings of crayons, children and an apple. The building was located in proximity to two sites controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iranian state media has said more than 170 people were killed in the explosion.
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