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Uncle Joe

(65,503 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:03 PM Mar 7

Who bombed the girls school in Iran? Satellite images reveal clues.

Images from Planet Labs PBC and Reuters Planet Labs PBC And Reuters
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Parents who dropped off children at the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school would have had little time to rush back.

Disturbing imagery circulated quickly on social media, initially distributed by Iranian state media and republished by news services. USA TODAY is not publishing many of those images because of the graphic nature of the content.

They show destroyed classrooms, bloodied backpacks and colorful school materials strewn across the site. Dust covering every surface. The remains of a playground, including a slide, were scattered amid mounds of concrete rubble. Children's bodies could be seen partly buried under the debris.

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Iranian authorities said the strike killed up to 175 people, most of them elementary-school-aged girls. It may be the deadliest known mass casualty event involving civilians of the war so far, though USA TODAY could not independently verify many details about the incident including the exact death toll, the identities of those involved and who was responsible for the strike.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/03/06/iran-girls-school-strike/88968796007/

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Who bombed the girls school in Iran? Satellite images reveal clues. (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 7 OP

What clues? vanlassie Mar 7 #1

not physical clues. No graphic images or paragraphs. Tetrachloride Mar 7 #3

Thanks. vanlassie Mar 7 #6

The clues, from what I can tell in the link, are unnamed sources mentioning the US. Tetrachloride Mar 7 #2

The most concrete clue that I found was the division of responsibility between the U.S. and Israel Uncle Joe Mar 7 #5

It apparently was a double-tap attack. usonian Mar 7 #4

vanlassie

(6,272 posts)

1. What clues?

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:08 PM

Mar 7

I don’t want to read the article. 😢

Tetrachloride

(9,702 posts)

3. not physical clues. No graphic images or paragraphs.

Reply to vanlassie (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:11 PM

Mar 7

vanlassie

(6,272 posts)

6. Thanks.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:22 PM

Mar 7

Tetrachloride

(9,702 posts)

2. The clues, from what I can tell in the link, are unnamed sources mentioning the US.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:10 PM

Mar 7

No sources have mentioned Israel as the attacker in the link.

Uncle Joe

(65,503 posts)

5. The most concrete clue that I found was the division of responsibility between the U.S. and Israel

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:19 PM

Mar 7

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Minab is more than 600 miles from Tehran and is close to the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a key commercial shipping route, especially for oil. U.S. officials have suggested in public statements that they were attacking the area on the day the school was struck. In addition to the Minab site linked to the IRGC, satellite imagery shows destruction in neighboring military sites in Bandar Abbas and Konarak.

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An analysis from the International Institute for Strategic Studies also described U.S. efforts as focused on south and central Iran and Israel's on the north.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/03/06/iran-girls-school-strike/88968796007/

usonian

(26,580 posts)

4. It apparently was a double-tap attack.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:15 PM

Mar 7

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-iranian-girls-killed-double-tap-strikes-minab-school
Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school
Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

If you don't trust the source, some nations (ahem) have a history of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap_strike

Double tap: The tactic that could be considered a war crime
https://lab.imedd.org/en/double-tap-the-tactic-that-is-considered-a-war-crime/

“The goal is to multiply the casualties”

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