ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Smoke floats on American-Israeli raids on Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. © Fatemeh Bahraini / Anadolu / Getty Images
The U.S. attacked the school and sports hall in the South Iran town of Lamerd with a ballistic rocket that was not previously tested in combat, reported on Sunday the "New York Times", citing its own analysis of video recordings and weapons experts.
The attack occurred during the first wave of American-Israeli raids on February 28 – the same day the American rocket destroyed the girls' primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, killing 175 people, most of whom children.
According to the Iranian authorities, at least 21 people died in Lamerd.
"New York Times" reported that the harm caused by the attack is consistent with the results of the precision impact rocket (PrSM), which explodes over targets, scattering tiny tungsten granules.
According to the Pentagon, the weapon only completed the prototype phase last year.
Like Minab, the attacked school and sports hall in Lamerd was located straight next to the muslim Revolutionary defender Corps (IRGC) facility, reported NYT.
The paper added that archive satellite images show that the school and the hall were separated from the site of the muslim Revolutionary defender Corps for at least 15 years and were listed as civilian objects in popular map services, including Google Maps.
NYT stated that due to the fresh rocket it is harder to measure whether the PrSM attacks were ‘target’, whether it was due to structural defects or misinformation.
According to authoritative data in Iran, over 1,000 civilians were killed as a consequence of the US and Israel attacks.
Although U.S. president Donald Trump refused to admit work for attacking a school in Minab, the Pentagon launched an investigation into the incident.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/636800-us-news-weapons-school-iran/
