Trump: Based on what I've seen, Iran hit school that killed 175 people, not U.S.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) and special envoy Steve Witkoff (C) look on aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026.

 President Donald Trump denied any U.S. involvement in a strike that killed 175 people at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran, instead blaming the Iranian government for the attack.

On Saturday, while aboard Air Force One after attending the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed in an Iranian strike in Kuwait, Trump said that, although the deadly strike at a girls’ school in Iran is still under investigation, he believes the United States had no involvement.

“In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran,” the president stated.

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people?

Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran.

Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth?

Hegseth: We’re investigating.

Trump: They are very inaccurate with their munitions. It was done by Iran. pic.twitter.com/L3Y1zuV27E

 — Acyn (@Acyn) March 7, 2026

When asked by reporters whether the president’s remarks were accurate, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed that the Pentagon is “investigating” the attack, adding, “The only side that targets civilians is Iran.”

“We think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate as you know with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran,” Trump asserted,

Israel has been cleared of any part behind the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, as multiple sources have revealed to CBS News that the Israeli Air Force was not operating near the school at the time of the strike.