Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran, Iran on 28 February 2026 in this screen grab taken from video.
Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran, Iran on 28 February 2026 in this screen grab taken from video.
Middle East

Israel and US attack: 40 school students killed in southern Iran

AFPTehran

At least 40 people were killed on Saturday in a strike on a girls'' school in southern Iran, state media said Saturday, after Israel and the United States launched attacks.

"The death toll from the Minab girls' elementary school has reached 40," state television said, adding that 45 more people were wounded in the alleged strike in Hormozgan province.

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