WASHINGTON, D.C., March 9 (ANI): A recently surfaced video appears to show a U.S.-made missile striking a structure in Iran located next to a girls’ school where local authorities say 168 people were killed, according to experts cited in a report by ABC News. citeturn0search13
The eyewitness footage, initially published by the Iranian outlet Mehr News, was analyzed by Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. Ball identified the munition as a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile, a weapon system used by the United States and not known to be part of the arsenals held by Iran or Israel. citeturn0search13
Following geolocation analysis, ABC News placed the impact point adjacent to the site of the deadly February 28 strike. The attack destroyed several buildings linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with a nearby building housing a school for girls. citeturn0search13
Specialists, including Sam Lair of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, noted that the missile’s dimensions and profile are consistent with a Tomahawk. In his assessment to ABC News, Lair said, “I do believe this points toward U.S. responsibility for the strike in the area.” citeturn0search13
Sharing a similar assessment, N.R. Jenzen-Jones, director of Armament Research Services, said the evidence “indicates it is a U.S. strike.” However, he cautioned that while the footage increases the likelihood that the United States hit surrounding targets, it does not provide definitive proof regarding the specific strike on the school without physical fragments of the weapon. citeturn0search13
Responding to the allegations, U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking aboard Air Force One on Saturday, denied that the United States was responsible for the school bombing. Instead, he attributed the incident to Iranian tactical errors.
“Based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran. We think it was done by Iran because they’re very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever,” Trump said.
While distancing the United States from the civilian casualties at the school, Trump claimed that U.S. strikes had significantly degraded Iran’s military capabilities. He asserted that the United States had “wiped out” the Iranian navy and air force, describing the military campaign as removing a major “cancer” from the region.
According to the president, the United States has also targeted manufacturing facilities and launchers to the point where Iranian missile output is “about nine percent of what they sent out in the first two days.” He added that 70 percent of Iran’s rocket launchers have been “knocked out,” making sustained retaliation increasingly difficult.
Addressing the timeline of the conflict, Trump moved away from earlier projections that suggested the war might last six weeks. Speaking on Saturday, he said, “I never project time—whatever it takes.”
He maintained that the Iranian military is now “almost nonexistent,” though he noted that a final determination regarding additional strikes on remaining military assets has not yet been made. (ANI)
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