Candace Owens says Iran school bombing ‘was not a mistake’ as U.S. probe continues

Candace Owens is drawing fresh attention online after posting a blunt reaction to reports surrounding the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran, writing: “It was not a mistake.” The post appeared alongside a clip from Tucker Carlson’s network discussing the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab, where multiple reports say a U.S. missile likely hit or struck near the campus during the opening phase of recent U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Owens’ post went beyond the strike itself. She wrote that Israel is “required to mass murder children because they worship Baal” and claimed President Donald Trump acts on instructions from Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She did not provide evidence for those claims, and there is no public reporting supporting the allegation that the strike was intentionally aimed at children because of religion.

The controversy comes as major outlets have reported that a preliminary U.S. investigation is focusing on outdated targeting data as a possible cause of the Minab strike. Reuters reported that the school, which had a long and visible online presence, sat next to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked facility and may have been hit after U.S. forces relied on stale intelligence. The Pentagon has said an investigation is ongoing and that U.S. forces do not deliberately target civilians.

The strike has become one of the most politically explosive episodes of the widening Iran conflict. U.N. experts have condemned the attack and said the reported killing of more than 160 schoolgirls would represent a grave assault on children and education. Independent reporting and forensic analysis cited by Reuters have also strengthened the case that a U.S. Tomahawk missile was involved.

Carlson has also criticized the strike publicly, using his platform to question how a school could have been hit and whether the American public was being told the full story. That criticism has created an unusual moment on the American right, where prominent conservative voices are openly challenging the handling of the Iran operation even as Trump has emphasized close coordination with Netanyahu on the broader war effort.

Owens, a conservative commentator who has increasingly centered her commentary on Israel, foreign policy and elite influence, has repeatedly made claims about Jewish power and Israeli influence in U.S. politics. Her latest post is likely to intensify scrutiny not only because of its tone, but because it frames a still-unfolding military investigation as proof of deliberate mass murder before official findings are complete.

At this point, the strongest verified reporting supports this much: a girls’ school in Minab was hit during the Feb. 28 strikes, U.S. investigators believe American forces were likely responsible, and outdated intelligence is a leading explanation under review.