Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran Girls' School Strike
Bellingcat • • nation
Key Points:
- Bellingcat has geolocated and verified two newly released videos from Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs showing multiple Tomahawk missile strikes on an IRGC compound and an adjacent school in Minab, Iran, in late February.
- Analysis indicates at least two waves of strikes occurred, with the school likely hit during the first wave, supported by solar shadow data and social media footage.
- The videos show missiles hitting the IRGC clinic, two buildings within the IRGC facility, and the area around the school, but due to proximity, exact structures hit near the school remain uncertain without additional footage.
- Previous investigations and US military preliminary findings suggest the strikes were carried out by the US, the only party with Tomahawk missiles, with Iranian media reporting at least 175 deaths, including children.
- Bellingcat’s geolocation and solar analysis provide timing estimates for the strikes between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm, confirming multiple impacts and supporting claims of two separate attack waves.
