Verified Footage Shows US Tomahawk Strike Inside Iran Near Civilian School
For the first time, verified video footage confirms a US Tomahawk cruise missile struck an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps facility inside Iran on February 28, with the impact occurring near a girls' school in Minab. The footage, released by Iranian outlet Mehr News and independently geolocated by open-source investigators at Bellingcat, shows smoke rising from the vicinity of the school at the time of the missile strike.
Bottom Line
Verified video evidence confirms a US Tomahawk missile struck an IRGC facility inside Iran near civilian infrastructure on February 28. While the US has struck Iranian-backed groups throughout the region for years, documented strikes inside Iran itself shift the strategic landscape by crossing a threshold from proxy conflict to direct action on Iranian soil. The release of footage by Iranian media, now independently verified, creates pressure for response and acknowledgment that didn't exist when such operations remained in the shadows.