Iranian state media: 85 killed after missile blew up all-girls school
Iranian media and officials are reporting that a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran struck a girls' primary school in the southern part of the country, killing 85 people.
Iranian media and officials are reporting that a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran struck a girls' primary school in the southern part of the country, killing 85 people.
The IRNA news agency said the majority of the casualties are children at the Shajareh Tayyebeh all-girls’ school in Minab. Dozens more are unaccounted for, the state-run news agency said.
According to President Donald Trump, the United States joined Israel in launching military strikes, as well as "major combat operations," to target Iran's missile capabilities.
"Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people," Trump said, calling the strikes "a massive and ongoing operation."
While much remains unclear regarding the overall impact of the strikes, Reuters reported, citing state media, at least 40 people died due to the strike on the girls' school in Minab in southern Iran. Separately, state news agency IRNA reported one student was killed and two others injured in an airstrike on a school in Abyek, located in northwest Iran.
