US evading responsibility on probe into Iranian school massacre: Report
The US administration is evading its responsibility to release a final report on a brutal US military attack on an Iranian school earlier this year that killed dozens of children, a report has shown.
The Wednesday report by the Associated Press said that the US Department of War, known as the Pentagon, has obviously delayed the release of findings about the attack on February 28 on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the southern Iranian city of Minab.
The report said the results of investigations into similar attacks in the past, including attacks on civilians in Afghanistan, have become known within a month.
More than four months have passed since American missiles struck the elementary school in Minab on the first day of a 40-day joint US-Israeli aggression on Iran. The attack killed more than 160 people, including over 120 schoolchildren, and injured nearly 100.
The Pentagon and US President Donald Trump initially denied the US was responsible and even blamed Iran for the attack. However, they admitted it might have been carried out by the US after evidence showed the school had been targeted by US missiles.
However, the Trump administration has yet to directly accept responsibility for the attack despite growing pressure from inside and outside the US that Washington must admit to it and compensate the victims.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week the report would be made public "when the appropriate time is right."
US lawmakers continue to press the Trump administration on the issue as they demand transparency.
Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican on the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, recently said Congress lacks sufficient information about the bombing and anticipates a comprehensive report.
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