Satellite imagery shows strike that destroyed Iranian school was more extensive than first reported

"The images show "very precise targeting." "Almost all the buildings [in the compound] are hit." Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at Middlebury College who specializes in satellite imagery, said the imagery was consistent with a precision airstrike, indicating deliberate targeting of the military complex rather than random bombing."

"Despite the fuzzy, three-meter-per-pixel satellite imagery, the strike points "look like pretty clean detonation centroids," said Corey Scher, a postdoctoral researcher at the Conflict Ecology Laboratory at Oregon State University. "These certainly appear like detonation sites," agreed Scher's colleague, Oregon State associate professor Jamon Van Den Hoek."

"The school was located within less than 100 yards of the perimeter of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval base. The clinic was also located within the base perimeter, although both facilities had been walled off from the base, suggesting proximity to military infrastructure."

Commercial satellite imagery analyzed by NPR shows that an Iranian elementary school bombing in Minab, southeastern Iran, killed 165 people and was part of a broader precision airstrike targeting a neighboring Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval base. The images reveal that a health clinic and other buildings near the school were also struck. Three independent experts confirmed the analysis, identifying what appear to be precise detonation points consistent with targeted military operations. The school was located within 100 yards of the military base perimeter, though both facilities were walled off from the base. Israel has denied involvement in the bombing.

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