Israeli Strike on Iranian Girls’ School Kills More Than 50, State Media Reports

Tehran, MINA – An Israeli strike hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, a city in Iran’s Hormozgan province, killing at least 53 people and wounding 63 others on Saturday, according to Iranian state media, as the civilian toll from the joint US-Israeli bombardment of Iran comes into focus, Al Jazeera reports.

Workers continue to clear wreckage from the site, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported. The strike is part of a wave of joint US-Israeli military attacks across Iran that has triggered an outbreak of regional violence.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shared a photo of the attack on X, stating that it destroyed the girls’ school and killed “innocent children.” He warned: “These crimes against the Iranian People will not go unanswered.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the “blatant crime” and urged action from the United Nations Security Council.

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Separately, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that at least two students were killed by another Israeli attack that hit a school east of the capital, Tehran.

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall said the attacks call into question US and Israeli claims that “they are targeting only military targets and they are trying to punish the regime, not the people of Iran.”

“President Trump has promised the Iranian people that aid or help is coming their way, but now we are seeing civilian casualties; that’s something that the Iranian government will stress as a case of violation of international law and an aggression against the Iranian people,” Vall said.

There was no immediate reaction from the US or Israel on Iran’s claims about the school strikes.

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The last time the US and Iran waged attacks on Iran in June 2025, sparking the 12-day war, the civilian toll in Iran was also heavy. According to Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, thousands of civilians were killed or injured, and public infrastructure was damaged during that conflict.

The school strike represents one of the deadliest single incidents of the current escalation and is likely to further inflame tensions across the region.[]

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)

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