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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said connected Friday (March 6, 2026) they had targeted a U.S. basal successful the UAE that they alleged had been utilized arsenic a launchpad for a onslaught connected a school.
According to Iranian authorities, a onslaught had deed a girls' simple school connected Saturday (March 1, 2026) successful Minab region successful the southbound of the country, sidesplitting much than 150 radical including students.
AFP has neither been capable to entree the tract successful bid to verify the incident, oregon to get autarkic confirmation of a toll.
"Al-Dhafra aerial base, belonging to American terrorists successful the region, was targeted utilizing drones and precision missiles," the Guards said successful a connection broadcast connected authorities TV.
Neither Israel nor the United States has claimed work for the reported attack.
The Pentagon has confirmed it is investigating, portion Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the U.S. would "not deliberately people a school."
The New York Times paper reported connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) that U.S. subject statements indicating forces were attacking naval targets adjacent the Strait of Hormuz, wherever a Revolutionary Guards' basal is located, "suggest they were astir apt to person carried retired the strike".
An investigation of societal media posts from the clip of the attack, arsenic good arsenic photos and videos from witnesses, indicated that the schoolhouse had been struck astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic Guards' naval basal sites, the Times said.
