India, March 11 -- A US Senator has issued an apology after a devastating airstrike struck a girls' school in Minab, Iran, an attack that local officials say killed 175 students and teachers. The tragedy has sparked outrage and raised urgent questions.

According to the reports of NBC News, John Kennedy, a Republican senator from Louisiana and an ally of Donald Trump spoke about the incident on Monday night on Capitol Hill.

"It was terrible. We made a mistake," Kennedy told NBC. "Other countries do that sort of thing intentionally, like Russia. We would never do that intentionally. I think the department is investigating it now, and I'm sorry."

"I'm just so sorry it happened. It was a mistake."

During a press conference on Monday eveni...