A Top U.S. Commander Dismisses Reports of Civilian Deaths in Iran NYT > U.S. News Von: Greg Jaffe 14. Mai 2026 um 23:49 Adm. Brad Cooper said a strike on an Iranian school may have been the only civilian casualty incident of the war. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesAdmiral Cooper told the lawmakers that his staff had been proactive in trying to prevent civilian deaths. “Our staff specifically warned the Iranian people more than 100 times about the threat of them being used as human shields,” he said.