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GOP senator on Iran school strike: ‘A terrible, terrible mistake’

Mar 11, 2026Center

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake. Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab in southern Iran on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in the region. The military operation…

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