Iran rejects CENTCOM claim struck Minab school was on missile site

Iran rejected as “baseless” a claim by the head of US Central Command that the Minab school struck during the opening day of the war was located within an active Iranian cruise missile base.

"This shameless distortion is a clear attempt to obscure the severe reality of the 28 February missile attacks, which resulted in the tragic slaughtering of over 170 school children and their teachers," foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghei wrote on X.

The response came hours after CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper told Congress the investigation into the deadly strike was “complex” because the girls’ school was situated on an active IRGC cruise missile site.

Reuters previously reported that an initial US military investigation found American forces were likely responsible for the strike on the school in Minab, which Iranian officials say killed more than 160 children and teachers.