Piers Morgan convened an investigative panel on Piers Morgan Uncensored to examine controversial US military strikes on Iranian civilian targets during the opening day of the recent Iran war, featuring New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Malaika Brown and Christiane Tribert, author Scott Horton, and former Air Force combat pilot Ryan Bodenheimer. The central focus was a US Tomahawk missile strike that destroyed an Iranian school adjacent to an IRGC facility, killing at least 156 people including 120 students. New York Times visual investigators presented video evidence definitively proving US responsibility despite 80 days of Pentagon delays in completing their investigation and congressional testimony from US Central Command suggesting the school was on an active missile base. Sky News reporting from the ground contradicted this claim entirely. The panel also revealed the US deployed three never-before-used-in-combat Precision Strike Missiles that exploded above residential areas including a girls' volleyball practice, killing 21 civilians, with the US initially denying responsibility. Discussion expanded to disputed casualty figures from January protests, with Times reporters confirming Iranian authorities admitted to over 3,000 deaths from security force crackdowns using live ammunition, far below widely circulated claims of 40,000 used to justify military intervention. Scott Horton argued the war constituted an unconstitutional Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack launched during active negotiations, while Bodenheimer defended rules of engagement protocols while acknowledging the fog of war. The panel explored the difficulty of verifying information in authoritarian settings, the use of civilians as shields by militant groups, and whether outdated targeting intelligence could explain the strikes. Morgan pressed on whether such incidents constitute potential war crimes under international humanitarian law if part of a pattern of recklessness.
Author Scott Horton characterized the US military strikes on Iran as an unconstitutional Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack launched during active negotiations, comparing the civilian toll to the Oklahoma City bombing if the entire federal building had been a daycare center. He argued the war was started on false pretenses on behalf of a third nation.
Read this moment →New York Times visual investigator Christiane Tribert revealed the US deployed three new Precision Strike Missiles never before used in combat during the Iran war's opening day. These land-launched missiles exploded above residential areas including a girls' volleyball practice, killing 21 civilians. The US initially denied responsibility and blamed Iran, despite visual evidence confirming US culpability.
Read this moment →New York Times reporters confirmed Iranian security forces killed over 3,000 protesters in January crackdowns, far below widely reported claims of 40,000 deaths used to justify military action. Visual evidence showed live fire in 19 cities with orders from top officials to use lethal force, though the final death toll remains disputed and under investigation.
Read this moment →New York Times investigators presented video evidence definitively proving a US Tomahawk missile struck an Iranian school adjacent to an IRGC facility, killing at least 156 people including 120 students. The US military has delayed investigation results for 80 days despite the evidence, contradicting General Kurilla's congressional testimony that the site was an active missile base.
Read this moment →Sky News correspondent Dominic Waghorn directly contradicted US Central Command testimony before Congress, reporting from the Iranian school site that it was categorically not part of any active IRGC missile facility. New York Times reporting confirmed the school had been publicly separated from military facilities years ago with its own entrance and active public website.
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