Missile debris that Iranian officials claim was recovered from the deadly strikes which hit an elementary school in southern Iran on February 28 appears to be from an American Tomahawk cruise missile, according to CNN analysis.
Four photographs of the fragments were shared on Telegram by Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, with the caption claiming they were remnants from the strike on the Shajareh Tayyiba school in Minab, where state media say at least 168 children and 14 teachers were killed.
It was not possible to confirm whether the fragments, pictured on a table in front of the ruined school building, were from the school strike, a strike on a neighboring Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base or from elsewhere. They do however appear to be consistent with a US-made Tomahawk cruise missile, according to a CNN review and expert analysis. A Tomahawk missile was used in at least one strike on the IRGC base next to the school, according to a CNN analysis of a video which captured it hitting a building. The Pentagon classifies the missiles as precision-guided munitions. Multiple buildings at the base appear to have been struck by precision missiles.
The photographs are the latest piece in a mounting body of evidence which points to US responsibility for the strike and appears to contradict President Donald Trump’s claims around it. The president last week blamed Iran, doubling down Monday when he claimed the country had Tomahawk missiles in its arsenal, which it does not, according to experts.
On Tuesday, the White House said that the Pentagon would release its investigation into the strike on the school.
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