Donald Trump on Thursday defended a US missile strike that killed around 120 children at an elementary school in Iran, telling reporters at the G7 summit that 'war is nasty' as he promoted a new 14‑point peace framework with Tehran and joked about blaming Vice President JD Vance if the Iran deal later falls apart.
The school bombing took place in the opening days of the war between the United States and Iran, a conflict that has since spread across the region, including to Lebanon. The attack, which officials say killed 165 people in total, has hung over Washington's conduct in the war, resurfacing whenever the White House talks about restraint and 'precision' strikes. Now, as the Trump administration races to finalise a memorandum of understanding with Iran within days, the unresolved questions about that strike sit uneasily beside the promise of a new diplomatic chapter.
