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RT News · · 191 words · By Russia Today
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“US and Israeli strikes left the site [Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school] in ruins and killed more than 170 people, most of them children.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia, The Guardian, and UN reports, confirm the destruction of Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school and a death toll around 168-170 people, primarily children.
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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 in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, was destroye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of airstrikes and bombardments carried out during the 2026 Iran war. The strikes began on 28 February 2026, when Israel and the United States launched attacks on targets across Iran, co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_during_the_202…
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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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“The Pentagon again declining this week to acknowledge involvement”
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Reports from IBTimes UK and Al Jazeera indicate that the US and Israel denied involvement or that the US declined to acknowledge it, with Israel specifically denying any connection.
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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 mili…
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 in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, was destroye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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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 as the United States secretary of defense since 2025. Hegseth studied politi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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“a reportedly internal military probe concluding the school was likely hit by a US-made missile.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, state that an internal US military probe suggested the strike was likely perpetrated by the US, possibly due to outdated targeting data.
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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 mili…
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 in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, was destroye…
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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“President Donald Trump at one point suggested the attack had been “done by Iran,””
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Three separate web sources (AOL, The Guardian, RT World News) explicitly report that President Donald Trump suggested the attack was 'done by Iran'.
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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 mili…
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 in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, was destroye…
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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“Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab”
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Wikipedia and Al Jazeera explicitly identify the school as Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school located in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran.
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web search 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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web search NEUTRAL — The school is located in Minab, in Iran’s strategic Hormozgan province, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and hosts several IRGC naval facilities. Advertisement. While Iran immediately attributed t…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/who-bombed-the-iran…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were op…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-sch…
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