| Trump Makes Shocking Claim: Girls’ School Bombing in Iran Allegedly ‘Carried Out by Iran Itself
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Iran of carrying out a deadly bombing at a girls’ elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. According to reports, the attack destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh school and killed more than 160 people, most of them schoolchildren. Trump rejected claims that the United States was involved and stated that there is no indication Russia is assisting Iran in the conflict. The accusation comes as tensions and military confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to escalate across the Middle East.
President Donald Trump has made a controversial and unverified claim about one of the deadliest civilian attacks of the current Iran conflict, saying the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab was likely “carried out by Iran itself.” The strike, which occurred on February 28, killed more than 160 people, most of them children, according to U.N. experts and multiple news reports. Trump also rejected accusations that the United States was responsible and said there was no evidence that Russia was actively helping Iran in the fighting.
The allegation has intensified outrage because international investigators and human rights groups are still treating the school bombing as an active case requiring independent review. Human Rights Watch has called for accountability and said the attack should be investigated as a possible war crime. U.N. officials have likewise condemned the deaths of children and warned that attacks on civilian infrastructure may violate international law.
So far, no public evidence has been produced to support Trump’s assertion that Iran bombed its own school. Reuters has reported that the incident remains under investigation, while other coverage shows the strike happened on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran, during a rapidly expanding regional war. As military exchanges between the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to widen, the Minab school tragedy has become a symbol of the devastating civilian cost of the conflict.