The ongoing investigation has so far proven that the munition did not go off target, but rather hit the school because old intelligence showed it to be a military target, four sources familiar with the preliminary findings said.
Witnesses and an Iranian Education Ministry official said previously that the school was located on a compound that was a base for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps until about 15 years ago.
The two sources said the Defense Intelligence Agency was one of the agencies responsible for providing targeting information that could have led to the school strike, though other sources likely contributed to verifying the target, including intelligence from U.S. allies.
President Donald Trump has previously denied that the U.S. was behind the strike, and suggested without evidence that Iran or “other countries” could be responsible.
“In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran,” he told reporters onboard Air
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