{"id":48890,"date":"2026-07-13T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/07\/13\/lawmakers-demand-pentagon-release-findings-from-probe-of-iran-school-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:22:53","slug":"lawmakers-demand-pentagon-release-findings-from-probe-of-iran-school-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2026\/07\/13\/lawmakers-demand-pentagon-release-findings-from-probe-of-iran-school-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers demand Pentagon release findings from probe of Iran school strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand called on Monday for President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to disclose within the next week the findings from a U.S. military investigation into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls\u2019 school in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters first reported on March 5 that an initial, internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab on the opening day of the war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group of more than two dozen U.S. senators, including the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, requested in a letter the U.S. military finalize its investigation, brief Congress and present a plan to ensure such a mistake does not happen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no justification for withholding an unclassified accounting of what happened, what went wrong, and what the Department is doing to prevent recurrence,\u201d their letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked for comment, a Pentagon official told Reuters: \u201cThe investigation is ongoing. We do not have any updates to announce at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike killed more than 175 children and teachers, Iranian officials say. The lawmakers\u2019 letter notes that would make it the U.S. military\u2019s largest civilian casualty incident since 1991, when it mistakenly bombed a shelter in Iraq, killing more than 400 civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\t