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Incident 1492: Purportedly AI-Enabled Targeting System Was Reportedly Implicated in Deadly U.S. Strike on Iranian Primary School

Description: During Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces reportedly struck Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, Iran, killing at least 150 civilians, many of them children. Reporting said the school was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site amid possible reliance on outdated target data. Palantir's Maven Smart System, reportedly integrated with Anthropic's Claude, was used in the campaign's targeting workflow

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Alleged: Palantir and Anthropic developed an AI system deployed by United States military , United States Department of Defense and United States Central Command, which harmed Teachers , students , Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School community , Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School , minors , Iranian teachers , Iranian schoolchildren , Iranian civilians , General public of Iran , General public , Educators , Educational communities and Minab school-strike victims and families.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Maven Smart System and Claude

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Incident ID
1492
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-02-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceIranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site
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Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site

Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site

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Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site
washingtonpost.com · 2026

The Iranian elementary school building where scores of children were killed as the U.S. and Israel began their massive aerial campaign was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site, multiple people familiar with…

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