President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that it may never be known who was responsible for the February 28 strike on a girls' school in Minab, Iran, that killed over 175 children and teachers on the first day of the U.S.-Israel war against the country. Speaking to reporters, Trump dismissed the possibility of U.S. culpability, saying he had “seen nothing to lead me to believe it was” an American missile.

“I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place,” Trump said. The remarks came despite a Reuters investigation in March revealing that an initial internal U.S. military probe had concluded American forces were likely responsible for the attack, citing the possible use of outdated targeting data. The Pentagon has since elevated the inquiry but has not publicly acknowledged any preliminary findings.

The strike, which Iranian officials say killed more than 175 children and teachers, drew immediate global condemnation and was described as “absolutely horrific” by the UN human rights office. Deliberately targeting a school would constitute a war crime under international humanitarian law. U.S. officials have insisted Washington would never intentionally attack a civilian educational facility. Trump has since said he will accept the results of the ongoing inquiry and maintained that “nobody purposefully attacked the school.”