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On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, missiles landed on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, in a civilian area near the Strait of Hormuz. At least 121 schoolchildren were killed along with 26 teachers. Forensic Architecture and Sky News analyzed the attack, finding that the neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were still on the ground. The Trump administration has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for the school strike, with President Trump even suggesting that images of the destruction were AI-generated.

“There were images and videos available from the time of the strikes,” says Samaneh Moafi, assistant director of research at Forensic Architecture. “A second wave of strikes hit, and it’s in these ones that we do see the profile of a Tomahawk. And the only party within the war that has this missile is the U.S.”

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AMY GOODMAN: The Trump administration has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for the school strike. President Trump recently appeared on Fox News and was questioned by Trey Yingst about the strike.

TREY YINGST: Democrats released a letter calling on your administration to unveil the findings of the investigation into a strike that killed more than a hundred children on the first day of the war. Will you commit to releasing the findings of this investigation? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I’d have to speak to the generals that are doing the — because we mostly have generals. You know, I don’t think anybody’s going to ever be able to say what happened there. TREY YINGST: There are images from this site that show fragments that appear to be from U.S. Tomahawk missiles. Is it possible that old intelligence or a mistake during a very active time in the war led to this event? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It is, but it’s also possible that those images that you have are AI-generated. … Now, I know we’re waiting for a conclusive report. I don’t think there can be a conclusive report. There are missiles — TREY YINGST: Will you release the report when it is finished? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I guess so. I mean, I have to ask the military people. There might be a reason why they can’t.

TREY YINGST: Democrats released a letter calling on your administration to unveil the findings of the investigation into a strike that killed more than a hundred children on the first day of the war. Will you commit to releasing the findings of this investigation?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I’d have to speak to the generals that are doing the — because we mostly have generals. You know, I don’t think anybody’s going to ever be able to say what happened there.

TREY YINGST: There are images from this site that show fragments that appear to be from U.S. Tomahawk missiles. Is it possible that old intelligence or a mistake during a very active time in the war led to this event?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It is, but it’s also possible that those images that you have are AI-generated. … Now, I know we’re waiting for a conclusive report. I don’t think there can be a conclusive report. There are missiles —

TREY YINGST: Will you release the report when it is finished?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I guess so. I mean,........

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