An analysis published by the newspaper reveals that the attack on the Iranian primary school that ended the lives of at least 175 peopleamong them children, could have been due to a lack of precision by the US.
According to initial investigations, the attack (which affected civilians and which has not been claimed by any of the parties involved in the conflict) occurred at the same time as others carried out at a nearby naval base linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, so it is quite likely that it was due to a misidentification of US forces.
“An analysis of these publications, as well as photos and videos of bystanders captured an hour after the attacks, corroborates that the school was attacked at the same time as the naval base,” they point out from the media.
In fact, satellite images show that at least six buildings Inside the military base, one of the main ones in the country, they were hit by the attacks. Four of them, according to the newspaper, were completely destroyed.
The national security analyst and former Pentagon advisor, Wes J. Bryant, who has spoken with the American newspaper, has explained that the most likely reason for the attack is that it was due to an error in identifying the target, that is, that the military attacked the place without knowing that there were civilians inside.. However, the day the attack occurred it was school in Iran.
In addition to the proximity to the Iranian base, the school building, as the newspaper explains, had been part of the naval base in the past, although it stopped being connected to military installations around 2016. Despite this, as some sources explain, its presence should have been noted during the planning of the attack.
And, as jurist Janina Dill points out in the report, international law requires verifying before carrying out an attack that the target does not cause civilian damage. “Not doing so could violate international law,” he sentenced.
