US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed Iran for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in the southern Iranian county of Minab, which authorities say killed more than 150 people, mostly students.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the attack was likely carried out by Iran itself.
“We think it was done by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever," he said.
According to Iranian authorities, the strike hit a girls’ elementary school last Saturday. Officials said more than 150 people were killed, most of them students.
Israel and the United States have not claimed responsibility for the reported attack. US officials have said the incident remains under investigation, while Iran has blamed Washington for the strike.
However, AFP has not been able to access the site to verify the incident or independently confirm the death toll.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that they had targeted a US base in the United Arab Emirates, which they alleged had been used as a launchpad for the strike.
“Al-Dhafra air base, belonging to American terrorists in the region, was targeted using drones and precision missiles," the Guards said in a statement broadcast on state television.
The Pentagon has confirmed that it is investigating the incident. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would “not deliberately target a school."
A report by The New York Times on Thursday said US military statements indicating forces were attacking naval targets near the Strait of Hormuz, where a Revolutionary Guards’ base is located, suggested they were most likely to have carried out the strike.
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