Targeting mistake led to US missile strike on Iranian school: report

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: The United States was responsible for a Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian school because of a targeting mistake, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The newspaper, citing US officials, said the investigation into the February 28 strike was ongoing, but preliminary findings were that the United States was responsible.

The US military was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base, of which the school building was formerly a part and target coordinates were set using outdated data, it said.

President Donald Trump suggested earlier this week that Iran itself may have been responsible, but later said he could "live with" whatever the investigation reveals.

Iran has said the strike on the elementary school in the southern city of Minab killed more than 150 people.

By RSS/AFP