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Iranian state television has broadcast a brief 10-second video clip that appears to capture an American cruise missile hitting a school compound where an Iranian girls’ school was located, resulting in 175 deaths.<\/p>

The footage released by Iranian media directly challenges previous statements from President Trump, who had claimed that Iran was responsible for the deadly strike on the educational facility.<\/p>

The video evidence contradicts the administration’s earlier narrative about who carried out the attack on the compound housing the girls’ school.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iranian state television has released a 10-second video that appears to show an American cruise missile striking a school compound in Iran. The footage directly challenges President Trump’s previous statements claiming Iran was responsible for the deadly attack that killed 175 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773028254995.png?fit=1506%2C961&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-8Ui","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34351,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-video-evidence-challenges-trumps-claims-on-deadly-iranian-school-strike\/","url_meta":{"origin":34242,"position":0},"title":"New Video Evidence Challenges Trump’s Claims on Deadly Iranian School Strike","author":"Admin","date":"March 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Research group Bellingcat released video footage that appears to contradict President Trump's assertion that Iran was responsible for a February 28 explosion at an Iranian school that killed over 165 people. 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