The toll from a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, has risen to 57 students dead and 60 others injured
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Iran says death toll in strike on elementary school rises to 57
The toll from a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, has risen to 57 students dead and 60 others injured, according to Iran's semiofficial Tasnim News Agency, which cited the local governor.
Iran claims the school was struck during the U.S.-Israeli military operation on Saturday.
It was unclear whether any teachers had been killed or injured, the Tasnim News Agency reported, citing the Minab governor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted a photo on X purportedly showing the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in the south of Iran on Saturday.
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