Pentagon believes U.S. struck Iran girls elementary school, killing 150

Pentagon investigators believe U.S. forces carried out an devastating airstrike that destroyed a Iranian girls elementary school last Saturday, killing more than 150 people in the deadliest single attack of the weeklong war.

An initial assessment suggests U.S. forces were to blame for the deadly strike in the southern Iran town of Minab, echoing the previous claims of Iranian officials, a Pentagon official said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brushed off questions about the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls school, saying the incident is still under investigation, without offering a time frame for completing the probe.

He said the U.S. does not deliberately target schools or other civilian targets.

“All I can say is we’re investigating that,” Hegseth said Thursday. “We, of course, never target civilian targets, but we’re taking a look and investigating that.”