Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei rejected US claims about an elementary school in Minab that was struck by a missile, calling the allegations a “baseless fabrication and an appalling lie”.
In a post on X, Baghaei criticised remarks by US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper, who had said the Shajareh Tayyebeh school was located on an active Iranian cruise missile site.
Baghaei said the statement was an attempt to obscure what he described as the “tragic slaughtering” of more than 170 schoolchildren and teachers in the 28 February missile attack.
He added that targeting an educational institution during school hours constituted “a grave violation of international humanitarian law” and “a clear war crime”, adding that the civilian nature of the site could not be concealed by “technical misrepresentations”.
