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New report details airstrike on Iranian school

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What happened

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News, which has issued an extensive new report on the U.S. airstrikes on a school in southern Iran.

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  • Reported by NPR and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:29:58 UTC.

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