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New disturbing footage of US strike on Iranian school released (VIDEO)

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“Iranian media have released previously unseen footage showing the immediate aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab that killed at least 175 people, most of them children.”
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Multiple sources confirm the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab. Al Jazeera reports about 170 deaths, while other web results mention 175 people killed. The existence of footage is corroborated by a web search result describing a video shared by SNN TV.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, providing co-located single-gender education, of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormoz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of the April ceasefire, the 2026 Iran war has resulted in thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, mostly in Iran and Lebanon but also in Iraq, Israel, and other countries and regions…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_2026_Iran_wa…
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“The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in southern Iran was hit on February 28”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, southern Iran, was destroyed by a missile strike on 28 February 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, providing co-located single-gender education, of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormoz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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“The building was located near a naval base but separated from military facilities by a fence visible in satellite imagery.”
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Web search results explicitly state the building was located near a naval base and separated by a fence visible in satellite imagery. This is supported by analysis suggesting the strike was part of an attack on an adjacent naval base.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, providing co-located single-gender education, of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormoz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of the April ceasefire, the 2026 Iran war has resulted in thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, mostly in Iran and Lebanon but also in Iraq, Israel, and other countries and regions…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_2026_Iran_wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“A short, disturbing video shared by SNN TV on Sunday shows two frightened young girls in what appear to be dust-covered school uniforms.”
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The specific detail about the SNN TV video showing two girls in dust-covered uniforms is mentioned in one specific web search result. While the event is corroborated, this specific visual detail is only found in one source.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran was destro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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web search NEUTRAL — A short, disturbing video shared by SNN TV on Sunday shows two frightened young girls in what appear to be dust-covered school uniforms. One girl has bloodstains on her face and headscarf. Several peo…
https://www.rt.com/news/639405-iranian-media-release-footage…
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“US President Donald Trump has repeatedly denied that American forces were responsible.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that President Donald Trump denied US responsibility and instead claimed Iran was responsible for the bombing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, providing co-located single-gender education, of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormoz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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“multiple investigations by media outlets and analysts have concluded that the school was likely hit by a US-made missile, with evidence pointing to a Tomahawk strike.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results (including a Pentagon probe report) conclude that the strike was likely carried out by a US-made Tomahawk missile.
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web search NEUTRAL — Multiple independent investigations concluded that the United States was responsible for the strike. Sources involved with the US military 's internal investigation of the incident corroborated that t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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web search NEUTRAL — A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/world/middleeast/iran-min…
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web search NEUTRAL — A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-s1-5744981/pentagon-iran-m…
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in early March that the US would never deliberately target civilians and that the incident was under review.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the US does not deliberately target civilians and that the incident was under investigation/review.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 29th United States secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, has been described as a Christian nationalist, a Christian patriot, and an ultraconservative. In his 2020 book, American Crusade: Our Fight to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Pete_He…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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“the UN called it “a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community.””
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Multiple sources, including UN News and RT, quote the UN/UNESCO describing the strike as a 'grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community.'
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web search NEUTRAL — A group of seven UN human rights experts also signed a statement on Friday saying that the strike must be investigated as a war crime. “A strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on …
https://truthout.org/articles/un-experts-demand-probe-into-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167063
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web search NEUTRAL — The UN declared that “a strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community.”
https://www.rt.com/news/634692-iran-minab-school-bombing/
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