Death toll in Iranian school strike nears 160 — Foreign Ministry

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that the strike by the United States and Israel killed up to 160 schoolgirls in the southern city of Minab, Report informs.

The attack on the school in the city of Minab killed 150-160 of the girls, which is a terrible crime, he said, as quoted by ISNA.

18:04

At least 60 schoolgirls have been killed after a missile struck an elementary school for girls in southern Iran.

According to Report, citing Hossein Kermanpour, an official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, "sixty young children have died and 80 were injured. Only God knows how many more bodies will be recovered from the rubble."

16:29

The death toll at a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, has risen to 51 following Israeli airstrikes.

According to Report, citing Tasnim news agency, the number of injured has also increased to 60.

15:55

The death toll at a girls' elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, has risen to 40 following Israeli airstrikes.

According to Report, citing Iranian media, the number of injured has also increased to 48.

15:23

At least 24 girls have been killed in an elementary school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, following Israeli airstrikes.

Report informs via Mehr News that Governor Mohammad Radmehr said Shajara Tayyiba girls' school was hit this morning.