{"id":313817,"date":"2026-03-02T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=313817"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:34:32","slug":"usraeli-attack-on-iran-at-least-148-girls-killed-in-strike-on-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/03\/usraeli-attack-on-iran-at-least-148-girls-killed-in-strike-on-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"USraeli Attack on Iran: At Least 148 Girls Killed in Strike on Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An image of a girls\u2019 elementary school hit by a USRael airstrike on Sat 28 Feb in Minab, Iran.
Posted by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on X.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eyewitness say that girls 7 to 12 years old lied dead across their school.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

28 Feb 2026\u00a0<\/em>–\u00a0At least 148 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in\u00a0southern Iran<\/a>, according to the city\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n

The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, as the United States<\/a> and Israel <\/a>began launching strikes on targets across Iran.<\/p>\n

The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran’s Tasnim and Fars news agencies.<\/p>\n

A staff member at the Minab school, who asked not to be named, told Middle East Eye she remains in shock at the intensity of the attack.<\/p>\n

Through tears, she said she used to watch the young girls playing at school every day. After today\u2019s strikes, however, she saw their bodies lying on classroom benches and in different corners of the school.<\/p>\n

She said she had stepped out of the school to take care of something when she suddenly heard a horrifying sound. Within seconds, a missile – or something like it – hit the school building.<\/p>\n

After hearing the blast, she ran back towards the school and was faced with a scene she says she would never forget.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I had gone mute. I couldn\u2019t speak,\u201d the staff member told MEE. \u201cYou could hear the sound of children crying and screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

When rescue teams arrived, she said, they began to understand the scale of the disaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still don\u2019t know how many are under the rubble. Some are even saying more than 100. Some of these small children are severely injured. Their parents have come to the school, and this place has turned into a house of mourning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The air strike on the school left many inside the building trapped beneath the rubble.<\/p>\n

There were 170 female students at the school at the time of the attack. So far, at least 45 people have also been reported wounded.<\/p>\n

Footage posted by Telegram accounts affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps appeared to show people digging through the rubble.<\/p>\n

Smoke could be seen rising from surrounding buildings, while a wrecked car lay in the street. People were heard screaming and wailing; others appeared to be in shock.<\/p>\n

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Video posted on pro-government Telegram accounts shows Iranians searching through the destroyed school in Minab (Telegram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denounced the attack on X and said the deaths of the children would “not go unanswered”.<\/p>\n

“The destroyed building is a primary school for girls in the south of Iran. It was bombed in broad daylight, when packed with young pupils,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

“Dozens of innocent children have been murdered at this site alone.”<\/p>\n

Country-wide attacks<\/h3>\n

US and Israeli strikes on Iran have also heavily targeted Tehran. Explosions echoed across the capital as Iranians set out for work on the first day of the week, before quickly spreading across the country.<\/p>\n

Attacks were reported in a range of cities, including the holy city of\u00a0Qom, as well as Karaj,\u00a0Isfahan\u00a0and Kermanshah.<\/p>\n

An overall death toll has not yet been released, but Reuters reported that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been moved to a \u201csafe location\u201d.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump said the joint attacks were aimed at “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime”.<\/p>\n

“Short time ago, US military began major combat operation in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime,” he said.<\/p>\n

Trump also made a number of other statements and predictions without offering any concrete evidence, such as Washington’s refusal to allow\u00a0Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

“We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region\u2019s \u2018terrorist\u2019 proxies can no longer destabilise the region or the world.<\/p>\n

“We will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It is a very simple message.”<\/p>\n

Go to Original – middleeasteye.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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