Iranian Girls School Investigation Near End, Centcom Chief Says

May 19, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

The head of US Central Command Tuesday said the Pentagon is “coming to an end” of its full investigation into an attack on an all-girls elementary school in Iran that killed about 180 people.

US Democratic lawmakers have been trying to pin down Pentagon leaders on preliminary news reports that the military investigation had determined that the US was responsible for the Tomahawk missile strike on the school on the first day of the Iran conflict.

“It is really pretty clear what happened there but 80 days on we have not taken responsibility for that attack, the endless stalling, ‘it’s ...

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