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New information published Friday by the New York Times further suggests that the U.S. military may have lied when it tried to pin the blame for a February airstrike that killed 21 people in Iran on the Iranian government, with evidence indicating that the U.S. carried out the attack with a new missile designed to inflict maximum casualties.

While much of the world knows about the February 28 massacre of around 175 children and staff at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab — and about how President Donald Trump initially blamed Iran for the slaughter — the strike that hit a sports hall and playground in Lamerd on the same day, the first day of the war, received far less media coverage.

Munitions experts and the Times concluded that U.S.-made Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs — pronounced “prism” — struck the residential area of the southern Iranian city. Developed by Lockheed Martin, PrSMs are airburst weapons, exploding above their targets and blasting 180,000 lethal tungsten pellets in every direction. Video footage of the Lamerd strike shows multiple airbursts.

Pete Hegseth's Defense Dept appears to be caught in a lie.It involves deaths of 21 people (including at least 5 children), injuring 110 in Lamerd, Iran with sports hall and school.By a U.S. missile (PrSM) never before used in combat.NYT sources include: 3 US officials!1/— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) 2026-04-11T00:48:10.395Z

Pete Hegseth's Defense Dept appears to be caught in a lie.It involves deaths of 21 people (including at least 5 children), injuring 110 in Lamerd, Iran with........

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