U.S. missile strike kills 156 at elementary school in Minab, Iran during opening hours of U.S.-Israeli war.
On February 28, 2026, a U.S. Tomahawk missile struck an elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing at least 156 people, most of them children. U.S. officials initially claimed the school was hit by an Iranian missile, then later suggested the school was located on an IRGC missile base. U.S. government sources have attributed the strike to mistaken or outdated intelligence.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 6% of divergence this week. 3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
3 camps
3 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Reason
PBS NewsHour
Al Jazeera
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International angle
The split, in one line
Reason calls the U.S. explanations lies and asserts the school was nowhere near a military target. PBS leads with grieving families and calls it American missiles with little doubt. Al Jazeera frames it as residents calling for justice and a U.S. attack on civilians.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“At Iranian school devastated by airstrike, grieving families say they will never forget”
“‘Lingering shock from tragedy’ weeks after Minab school bombing”
“The U.S. Government's Shifting Excuses for Bombing a School in Iran”
Tracked claims from across the political spectrum
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