NEW Video: NYT Claims U.S. Hit Iranian Elementary School — But Close-Up Photos of the Projectile Tell a Very Different Story
A fresh controversy erupted online after a report from The New York Times claimed the United States was responsible for a strike that allegedly hit an elementary school in Iran. According to the outlet, an ongoing military investigation suggested that outdated targeting data may have contributed to a strike on a location that once belonged to an Iranian military installation but is now reportedly home to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.
Iranian officials claim 175 people were killed, many of them children — a claim that immediately spread across international media and social platforms.
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But as the video and images tied to the incident began circulating online, critics quickly pushed back on the narrative, arguing that the footage being used to blame the U.S. doesn’t match the weapons the American military actually uses.
Several analysts and observers pointed to close-up frames of the projectile seen in the viral clip. According to them, the missile appears to resemble a Soviet-designed Kh-55 cruise missile rather than a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile.
The differences are significant. The Kh-55, originally developed in the Soviet Union and used by countries including Russia and Iran, has distinctive structural features — including tail wing placement — that observers say appear visible in the video. By contrast, the Tomahawk used by the U.S. military has a different tail configuration and typically carries a much larger conventional warhead.
Critics also note that the explosion shown in the video appears relatively small compared to what would normally be expected from a Tomahawk strike. That detail has fueled speculation online that the projectile may have malfunctioned or lost guidance before impact.
Another theory circulating among defense watchers is that electronic warfare or GPS interference could have caused a missile to lose navigation control, potentially explaining why the projectile appears to fall almost straight downward in the footage.
More information for the air strike:
Did the USA strike the Minab "all girls school" in Iran? No.
This is the video that USA-hating MSM does not want you to see.
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(00:00) Location and Background
(04:20) IRGC soldiers on site
(04:52) IRGC memorial in "classroom"
(05:36) School For Martyrs X-Posts
(06:55)… pic.twitter.com/THLhouWjUU— Matt Tardio (@angertab) March 10, 2026
None of these claims have been officially confirmed, and the situation remains under investigation. However, the debate highlights how quickly wartime narratives can form before all the facts are available — especially when viral clips and social media commentary collide with early media reports.
For now, the incident remains the subject of competing claims, conflicting analysis, and an ongoing investigation — with the truth likely to emerge only after a full review of the available evidence.
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