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Bombardeo de escuela en Irán: ¿era un antiguo recinto militar?

“El bombardeo de la escuela de niñas en Irán se produjo en un unas instalaciones que fueron hace cinco años o más militares”
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Confidence: High Checked on March 11, 2026

Summary

The girls’ school in Minab had previously been part of an Iranian military base, but at the time of the February 2026 strike it was operating as a civilian school and was not being used for military purposes. The sources do not confirm that the facility had been military for five years or more, only that it was formerly a military installation.

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reuters.com
  • Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say | Reuters

    The White House did not directly comment on the investigation, but press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Reuters, “While the Department of War is currently ​investigating this matter, the Iranian regime targets civilians and children, not the United States of America.” · Asked about the incident during a news briefing on Wednesday, Hegseth said: “We’re investigating that. ​We, of course, never target civilian targets. But we’re taking a look and investigating that.” · Item 1 of 4 A satellite image, annotated by Reuters, shows the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school and other structures damaged after being struck, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran March 4, 2026.

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nytimes.com
cbsnews.com
  • United States was "likely" responsible for bombing of girls' school in Iran, per early U.S. assessment - CBS News

    And an Israeli government source told CBS News that Israel was not behind the attack and its military was not operating near the school. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told CBS News in a statement that the "investigation is ongoing," and "There are no conclusions at this time, and it is both irresponsible and false for anyone to claim otherwise." CBS News has confirmed the school building was located in close proximity to two sites controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Minab, a city in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.

  • Iran says a girls' school was hit by a deadly air strike. Here's what we know. - CBS News

    Israel's military was not operating in the area at that time, two sources told CBS News. A preliminary U.S. assessment suggests that the United States was "likely" responsible for the deadly attack but did not intentionally target the school and may have hit it in error, possibly due to the use of dated intelligence which wrongly identified the area as still part of an Iranian military installation, a person briefed on the preliminary intelligence told CBS News.

cnn.com
  • US strike likely hit Shajareh Tayyiba school in Minab, Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say | CNN Politics

    Trump had previously asserted that Iran might be to blame for the strike, though when pressed on why no one in his own administration seemed to be publicly supporting that claim, he responded, “Because I just don’t know enough about it.” · In this aerial photo released by the Iranian Press Center, mourners dig graves during a funeral in Minab, Iran, on Tuesday, March 3. Iranian officials say at least 168 young students were killed on Saturday morning when a strike hit the Shajaba Tayyiba Girls’ elementary school in Minab. The school sits about 200 feet from an Iranian military base.

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