Global D Report: "Everyone Makes Mistakes"... Is the U.S. Admitting Responsibility?

On February 28, the first day of a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Iran.

A girls' elementary school in the Minab region of southwestern Iran was bombed, leaving at least 175 people, including students and staff, dead.

Immediately after the tragedy, U.S. President Donald Trump pointed to Iran as the perpetrator of the bombing.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: Based on what I've looked at, it was Iran. As you know, their ammunition (weapons) has very poor accuracy.]

When Iranian media released footage from the time, raising the possibility of a misfire by a U.S. Tomahawk missile, Trump denied even that.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: Whether it was Iran or anyone else, the fact is that the Tomahawk missile is a very common weapon.]

Following reports that the only countries possessing Tomahawk missiles were the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, the Iranian delegation at the peace negotiations with the U.S. held in Islamabad, Pakistan, last April, highlighted the U.S.'s alleged war crimes by displaying photos and personal belongings of the victims of the Minab elementary school tragedy on their airplane seats.

On the 17th (local time), during a press conference following the G7 summit, President Trump gave a different answer than before when asked about the U.S. military's responsibility for the misfire.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: Nobody did that on purpose. Mistakes happen. War is brutal.]

The New York Times assessed that President Trump's remarks were the closest the U.S. has come to admitting responsibility for the school airstrike.

Reported by Park Won-gyeong | Video by Choi Hye-young | Produced by SBS Digital News
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