When the U.S. and Israel launched a series of air strikes on Iran last weekend, the target was key infrastructure and top officials in Iran’s political and religious hierarchy — including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed along with several members of his family. But tragically, during the early hours of “Operation Epic Fury,” an elementary school in southern Iran was struck by a missile, killing nearly 200 people, many of whom were children. U.S. officials have said the incident is being investigated as questions continue to mount about who was responsible for the bombing and whether it was intentional. Here’s what we know so far.

On Saturday, March 28, reports emerged that the Shajareh Tayyebeh, an all-girls school in Minab, had been leveled by a missile strike early that morning. Videos and images reviewed by the New York Times showed the chaotic aftermath of the strike as families worked alongside emergency workers to search the rubble of the destroyed building for survivors. According to the Times, the school was adjacent to an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps naval base. Satellite images show the building was previously connected to the military facility but was later walled off.

A report from the Guardian describes some of the images that have emerged from........

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