New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area.
The footage, released by Mehr News and geolocated by Bellingcat , also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school where 175 people were reportedly killed , including children.
The footage would appear to contradict US President Donald Trump’s claim that it was an Iranian missile that hit the school.
Left: Image showing a Tomahawk missile from the airstrike in Minab. Right: A Tomahawk missile flying over Tehran earlier in the conflict.
The US is the only participant in the war that is known to have Tomahawk missiles. Israel is not known to have Tomahawk missiles.
The red cone superimposed over this image shows the estimated area of impact of the missile visible in the footage. The graphic also shows the position of a clinic, the school and other damaged buildings.
Geolocation by Bellingcat showing the strike’s estimated area of impact .
Planet Labs satellite imagery shows that only two structures within this red cone were damaged, including a clinic.
The other structure appears to be an earth-covered magazine or bunker.
Imagery showing two damaged structures. Source: PlanetLabs .
Giancarlo Fiorella and Merel Zoet contributed research to this piece.
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