Iran said more than 170 people were killed.
The New York Times said its review of satellite images and social media footage suggested the strike on the school, in the first hours of the war, coincided in time and location with a US precision attack on the nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base.
Satellite imagery showed US missiles hit at least six other nearby buildings on the base, according to the analysis. Four were destroyed, while two others were hit in the middle of their roofs.
Wes Bryant, an analyst and former Pentagon official responsible for civilian protection cited by the newspaper, said the evidence pointed to “perfectly precise” strikes.
He said the most likely explanation was that the school was hit due to misidentification.
The New York Times said the school had previously belonged to the base complex but had been separated from it since 2016.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon relied on a targeting system called Maven, powered by an artificial intelligence model called Claude. However, it was unclear whether that applied to this target.
US authorities have neither confirmed nor denied carrying out a strike on the school, saying only that the Pentagon was investigating.
Material released by the Pentagon and remarks by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine indicate Minab was among US targets in the first hours of the war, with Caine saying US strikes focused on southern Iran, while Israel concentrated on targets in the north.
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Source: PAP