The death toll has risen to 85 in a strike on a girls primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab, according to the local prosecutor cited by state media.
Minab’s provincial governor, Mohammad Radmehr, confirmed to IRNA that the Shajareye Tayabeh school had been directly attacked and that many students had been martyred. He said rescue and aid operations were underway at the school, adding that the security situation in the city was under control.
The Iranian foreign minister vowed that the “crimes against the Iranian people will not go unanswered”.
The Iranian foreign minister vowed that the “crimes against the Iranian people will not go unanswered”.
The strike came hours after the United States and Israel launched what they described as coordinated military action against Iran early on Saturday. The attacks marked a sharp intensification of hostilities, further raising fears of a broader regional conflict. “The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
Israeli defence officials state that this operation was planned months ago, with the launch date decided some weeks prior. They added that this attack was coordinated with the US, and the US has planned “several days of attacks” against Iran.