New video footage reveals a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, exhibiting for the primary time that the US struck the world. The footage launched by Mehr Information, and geolocated by Bellingcat, additionally reveals smoke already rising from the neighborhood of the ladies’ faculty, the place 175 individuals had been reportedly killed, together with kids.
The footage seems to contradict US President Donald Trump’s declare that it was an Iranian missile that hit the college on Feb. 28.
The US is the one participant within the struggle that’s recognized to have Tomahawk missiles. Israel isn’t recognized to have Tomahawk missiles.
The pink cone superimposed over this picture reveals the estimated space of impression of the missile seen within the footage. The graphic additionally reveals the place of a clinic, the college and different broken buildings.
Planet Labs satellite tv for pc imagery reveals that solely two constructions inside this pink cone had been broken, together with a clinic. The opposite construction seems to be an earth-covered journal or bunker.
Giancarlo Fiorella and Merel Zoet contributed analysis to this piece.
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