Bombed #Iran #girls #school had vivid website & yearslong online presence raising questions about #US middle strike targeting error
The #ShajarehTayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound & was among at least 7 buildings struck Feb 28. Its online presence included a local business listing & a website that showed #children at work & play. Iran ofcls have said #students made up most of the 175 people killed that day in Minab.
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •An #Iran #girls #school that took a direct hit on the first day of the #war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the #children & their activities, before it was bombed along with at least 6 other buildings in an adjacent military compound, a Reuters investigation found.
The school’s online activity calls into question how the #US #military vets & reviews strike locations.…
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Separated from the base by a wall painted with bright murals, the #ShajarehTayyebeh #School was the northernmost building hit on February 28. The building was destroyed during the barrage, & 150 #students were killed, according to #Iran's ambassador to the #UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini. Reuters has not independently confirmed the death toll, which the Iranian Red Crescent said reached 175.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The colored walls visible from satellite imagery as early as 2018 can be seen in a version of the school’s website archived in 2025, whose photos showed girls dressed in identical pink & white in class & at play. The #school was also tagged in a local business listing, Reuters found. And multiple satellite images from the months leading up to the strike provide other indications it was a school, including playground markings.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The cluster of bldgs appears to have been struck by a series of munitions, including at least 1 #US Tomahawk cruise missile, acc/to satellite imagery data, photos & video of the strikes & their aftermath.
Video of the impact by the #Tomahawk on the bldgs showed a plume of smoke in the background. Satellite images from after the attack showed signs of at least 7 distinct explosions along a ~325-meter axis, including the destroyed #school, a rooftop punctured by a gaping hole, & a flattened bldg.