Iran released their images through its embassy in South Africa and accused both the navy officers of directly authorising the Tomahawl missile attack on the elementary girls school in Minab.
In a post on microblogging site X the embassy wrote, “Remember these two criminals. Leigh R. Tate, the commander, and Jeffrey E. York, the executive officer of the USS Spruance, who ordered the launch of Tomahawk missiles three times, killing 168 innocent children at a school in #Minab.”
The post ended emotionally by saying, “Remember these two. Don’t they have children of their own?".