US Defense Secretary Hegseth said on the 20th the US is still investigating the Feb. 28 strike by US forces on an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, and will release results when appropriate. The strike, on the first day of large-scale US and Israeli military action against Iran earlier this year, killed more than 170 people, most of them children.

2026-10-21

US Defense Secretary Hegseth said on the 20th the US is still investigating the Feb. 28 strike by US forces on an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, and will release results when appropriate. The strike, on the first day of large-scale US and Israeli military action against Iran earlier this year, killed more than 170 people, most of them children.