New analysis reveals a US struck a second elementary school in Iran
The U.S. appeared to have destroyed a second Iranian elementary school and a sports hall in the city of Lamerd during the early days of the war, experts and a visual analysis suggest.
The strike happened on Feb. 28 - the same day a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile hit a girls' school in the city of Minab and killed 175 people. However, experts believe the elementary school and the adjacent recreational sports hall were destroyed with an untested ballistic missile.
At the time of the bloody strike, the Lamerd sports hall was occupied by a girls' volleyball team, state media reported. A total of 21 people, including two schoolgirls aged 10 and 11 and their coach, were killed.
Munitions experts, after reviewing videos of the attacks, concluded that the U.S. likely employed newly developed short-range ballistic missiles called the Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, based on explosion and damage patterns.
These weapons reportedly detonate just above their targets and then rain down a blast of tungsten pellets, according to The New York Times, which gathered analysis from weapon experts.
According to one video, captured in a residential area about 900 feet from the school and sports hall, the weapon shows the distinctive silhouette of the PrSM. The missile then erupts into a massive fireball midair.
Another video, recorded from a security camera across from the sports hall, shows the weapon combusting above the hall and the elementary school next to it.
Photos of the destruction were reportedly riddled with holes, apparently from the searing tungsten pellets, according to The Times.
Video analysis also revealed that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound is located right next to the sports hall. It is unclear whether it was damaged in the attack. It is also unclear whether officials intended to target the IRGC structure rather than the recreational building and school.
In the case of the deadly attack in Minab, a Pentagon investigation found that officials relied on outdated intelligence to conduct the strike. The girls' school had previously been used as a government building before ultimately being converted.
Department of Defense officials admitted to The Times that the U.S. used untested munitions in several attacks across Lamerd during the outset of the Iran war on Feb. 28. However, the government did not claim or deny responsibility for the destruction of the school and sports hall.
The PrSM had just cleared prototype testing in 2025 and had not been utilized in combat until the alleged strike.
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