'Missiles Were All Over The Place': Trump Casts Doubt On US' Role In Deadly Strike On Iran School

Last Updated:June 25, 2026, 08:01 IST

Over 175 children and students at a school in Iran's southern city of Minab were killed on February 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it may never come to the surface who was at fault for a deadly strike at a girls’ school in Iran’s Minab on February 28, the opening day of the conflict, that killed scores of children.

Over 175 children and students at a school in Iran’s southern city of Minab were killed on February 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran. 

“I don’t know that they are ever going to solve ​that problem," Trump told reporters, suggesting “there were missiles flying all over the place", Reuters reported.

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“It’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying ​all over the place. Somebody said it was our missile, maybe ​it wasn’t our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe ‌it ⁠was," he added.

The U.S. President further seemed to brush aside allegations of U.S. involvement in the fatal attack. “I don’t think it was us", he remarked.

But Who Was Actually At Fault?

According to a Reuters report, an initial internal U.S. military probe suggested that the country’s forces were likely responsible for the strike targeting the school in Minab.

However, the Pentagon has not acknowledged any preliminary findings.

The strike is likely the result of the use of outdated targeting data by the U.S. forces, Reuters reported, citing sources. Officials in Washington have publicly acknowledged that they would not deliberately target a school as it amounts to a war crime under international humanitarian law.

At first, Trump claimed Iran itself was responsible behind the strike. However, he later shifted his tone, suggesting he did not know enough about the strike and that an investigation was ongoing.

The U.S. President had asserted he would accept the findings of the probe, stressing that “nobody" purposefully attacked the ​school.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran, killing its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran retaliated by targeting U.S.-linked facilities across the Gulf, and subsequently blocking the crucial Strait of Hormuz –– an episode which later shifted the focus of the war and dominated the agenda of peace negotiations between the involved parties.

The Strait of Hormuz is a key maritime chokepoint that accounts for nearly one-fifth of the global oil and gas trade.

The U.S. and Iran have opened a 60-day window –– followed by a ceasefire announced last week –– to reach a final agreement to end the conflict and reopen the waterway.

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