The US military struck an elementary school in Iran on February 28 due to an intelligence database error, according to a Bloomberg investigation. The site was originally misidentified as an IRGC naval base, and a 2019 correction identifying it as a school was never entered into the targeting database.
A Bloomberg investigation, published Saturday, reveals that a US military strike on February 28 hit an elementary school in Iran rather than the intended target. The facility was initially misidentified as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base in the intelligence database used for targeting. According to Bloomberg, an analyst clarified in 2019 that the site was an elementary school, but the correction was never entered into the database, leaving the erroneous classification active.
As The Zioneer reported Saturday, Iranian opposition activists had circulated claims that the US struck an IRGC ammunition depot in southern Iran overnight. The Bloomerg report provides a different, verified account of a strike at that time, identifying the target as a school rather than a military site. The report is based on a single source — the Bloomberg investigation — and no official US or Iranian confirmation has been provided. It remains unclear what the intended target was or whether casualties resulted.
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