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WorldNorth AmericaMiddle East at war US responsible for strike on Iranian school, preliminary inquiry says Julian E. Barnes , Eric Schmitt , Tyler Pager , Malachy Browne and Helene Cooper March 12, 2026 — 3:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Got it Share A A A
Washington: An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to US officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings. The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part, the preliminary investigation found. Officers at US Central Command (CENTCOM) created the target co-ordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), people briefed on the investigation said. A video uploaded by Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency and verified by The New York Times appears to show a Tomahawk cruise missil
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