The U.S. Bombed an Elementary School in Iran. Trump’s Response Makes It Worse.
It is possible—under previous presidents, it has been policy—to admit to making horrific mistakes in wartime.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is willing to accept the findings of an investigation into the bombing of an elementary school in Iran. Unlike…
It is possible—under previous presidents, it has been policy—to admit to making horrific mistakes in wartime.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) contradicted the Trump administration Tuesday, calling the strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed approximately 175 civilians a "horrible mistake." During a CNN interview with Kasie Hunt, Kennedy refused to hide behind ongoing investigations, directly contradicting Trump's denial that the strike occurred and Defense…
One of President Trump's strongest allies on Capitol Hill said he believes the U.S. was responsible for the Feb. 28, 2026, bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Iran that killed an estimated 160 to 180 people, mostly children.
A group of 46 mostly Democratic senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking answers on the bombing of a school in Iran. An Iranian school for girls near a naval base in Minab was hit on Feb. 28 in the first wave of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. More…