00:00Numerous other nations have tomahawks. They buy them from us.
00:04But I will certainly, whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with it.
00:12You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the
00:18first day of the war.
00:19But you're the only person in your government saying this.
00:21Even your defense secretary wouldn't say that when he was asked, standing over your shoulder on your plane on Saturday.
00:26Why are you the only person saying this?
00:28Because I just don't know enough about it.
00:29I think it's something that I was told is under investigation.
00:33But tomahawks are used by others, as you know.
00:38Numerous other nations have tomahawks. They buy them from us.
00:42But I will certainly, whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with it.
00:47U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked fresh controversy after his remarks about the Tomahawk cruise missile and its possible
00:55use in the Iran war.
00:57Speaking to reporters, Trump described the Tomahawk as a very generic weapon and suggested that other countries may also possess
01:06it.
01:07He even claimed that Iran might have tomahawk missiles.
01:11Trump told reporters that the weapon is widely sold and used by different nations, adding that it could have been
01:18fired by Iran or somebody else.
01:21When pressed about how Iran could possess a Tomahawk missile, a weapon designed and operated primarily by the United States,
01:30Trump gave a dismissive response.
01:32At one point, he said he might have been making stuff up, adding that perhaps a tomahawk had been sold
01:39to another country.
01:41His comments have drawn attention because of a deadly missile strike earlier in the conflict.
01:47In the early days of the war, a missile struck near the Shijara Tayebi Elementary School in the Iranian city
01:54of Minab.
01:56The glass killed 168 students and became one of the deadliest civilian incidents reported during the conflict.
02:04The United States and Israel both denied responsibility for the strike.
02:09Trump initially suggested that Iran itself might have been responsible.
02:15Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, he claimed Iran's weapons were highly inaccurate and suggested the country may have
02:24misfired a missile that hit the school.
02:26But questions began to grow about the type of missile involved.
02:31The Tomahawk cruise missile is primarily owned and operated by the United States military.
02:37It is widely used by the U.S. Navy and can also be deployed by other branches of the U
02:43.S. armed forces.
02:45The United Kingdom also operates Tomahawk missiles as a close American ally.
02:51The weapon is manufactured by the U.S. defense company Raytheon and is exported only to a limited number of
02:58allied nations, such as Japan and Australia.
03:01There is no public evidence that Iran possesses Tomahawk missiles.
03:07Newly released footage has further fueled the controversy.
03:11A conflict researcher associated with the investigative group Bellingcat shared previously unseen video that appears to show a missile striking
03:21a building in the area of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound in Minab.
03:27The footage was reportedly released by Iran's Meir News Agency.
03:32According to the researcher, the video suggests that a U.S. missile may have struck the area during the early
03:39phase of the attacks.
03:40The missile strike occurred during a broader wave of attacks that began after Israel launched a large-scale military operation
03:49against Iran.
03:50Hundreds of missiles and airstrikes were reported across several Iranian locations.
03:56Minab was among the areas targeted during those operations.
04:00The explosion near the elementary school triggered global outrage.
04:06Human rights groups, the United Nations, and governments around the world have called for a full investigation into the strike.
04:13Meanwhile, the Pentagon says it is still reviewing what happened.
04:18U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States does not intentionally target civilian infrastructure, but confirmed that the
04:27incident is under investigation.
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