President Trump said on Wednesday that he doesn’t have knowledge of an alleged military investigation that determined the U.S. struck an Iranian elementary school, which resulted in 175 deaths. “A new report says that the military investigation has found that the United States struck the school in Iran. As commander-in-chief, do you take responsibility for that?” a reporter asked Trump. “I don’t know about that,” Trump responded. Watch the exchange: Reporter: A new report says the military investigation has found it was the United States that struck the school in Iran. Do you take responsibility? Trump: I don’t know about that. pic.twitter.com/FtQ7gcyDFb — Acyn (@Acyn) March 11, 2026 Forbes shared further: When asked Saturday by a reporter if the U.S. was responsible for the strike, Trump said, “no, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.” When the reporter asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was standing next to Trump, if his assessment was true, Hegseth said an investigation was underway, alleging, “the only side that targets civilians is Iran.” Trump added, “we think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate as you know with their munitions.” “As The New York Times acknowledges in its own reporting, the investigation is still ongoing,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Times in response to its report. A Times visual investigation, based on social media posts, video footage and satellite imagery, indicated previously the U.S. was likely responsible for the attacks. The strikes happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. local time, when bystander video footage showed plumes of smoke rising from the naval base, according to the Times. Gen. Dan Caine also told reporters Wednesday Minab was part of an area targeted in the first 100 hours of the operation by the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln strike group. Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News agency also published video footage Sunday that shows a Tomahawk missile striking the naval base near the school on Feb. 28. The footage, taken from a construction site across from the base, was first published by Bellingcat research collective and independently verified by the Times. The video shows the missile striking the IRGC compound then pans to the right, showing smoke rising from the area around the elementary school. The Times, along with several experts, identified the missile in the video as a Tomahawk cruise missile. Neither Iran nor Israel is known to be in possession of the weapon. Watch Trump’s prior comments below: Trump claims Iran responsible for deadly bombing that struck elementary school in Minab: "Based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran." pic.twitter.com/NQsCrK03WV — Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) March 7, 2026 According to The New York Times, a preliminary inquiry of the ongoing investigation “determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.” “The location of the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school was formerly part of an adjacent Iranian base, the investigation found,” Collin Rugg noted. NEW: The United States is responsible for the strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation has found, according to the New York Times. Iranian officials say 175 people were killed, most of them being children. "Officers at U.S. Central Command… pic.twitter.com/7PYJf62FDV — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 11, 2026 More from The New York Times: The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the U.S. military, which was conducting strikes on an adjacent Iranian base of which the school building was formerly a part, the preliminary investigation found. Officers at U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation said. Officials emphasized that the findings are preliminary and that there are important unanswered questions about why the outdated information had not been double checked. Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children. While the overall finding was largely expected — the United States is the only country involved in the conflict that uses Tomahawk missiles — it has already cast a shadow on the U.S. military operation in Iran.