White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday (March 10th) addressed questions about US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran had access to US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles believed to have been used in the recent attack on a girls’ school in southern Iran.
Leavitt said: “The president has a right to share his views with the American public,” adding that he “has said he accepts the conclusion of this investigation.”
While the US sells Tomahawk missiles to some allies, there is no evidence to suggest that Iran has them.
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Conflicting Claims of Liability
Iranian authorities blamed the United States and Israel for carrying out the strike. President Masoud Pezeshkian said: “The United States and Israel are responsible for this strike.”
But US President Donald Trump attributed the attack to Iran, saying on board Air Force One: “We think Iran did it. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy.”
Israel has consistently denied its involvement. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said: “We found no connection to IDF operations with the strike… We checked it several times and found no connection between the IDF and what happened in that school.”
US response and official statement
The deadly attack sparked condemnation and pressing questions about the weapon used. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized: “The United States would not deliberately target a school. Our target is missiles, both the ability to make them and the ability to launch them.”
