Tehran, Feb 28, (dpa/GNA) – At least 70 schoolgirls were killed and about 90 others injured in an airstrike in southern Iran, after Israel and the United States began attacking the country on Saturday, according to state media.
Dozens more girls at a primary school in Hormozgan province were reportedly injured, with the death toll rising from 24 reported earlier.
“This school was a direct target of this attack,” the Tasnim news agency wrote. Israel and the US have so far not commented on the strike.
Hormozgan province is home to several Iranian naval bases.
The incident occurred in the Minab district, near the Gulf coast.
Around 170 pupils were believed to have been in the school at the time of the strike, reports said.
Clearance and rescue operations are under way at the school, according to Tasnim.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry published an image of a building reduced to rubble, that it said showed the school.
“This is a blatant crime. The world must stand up against this great injustice,” ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in a statement.
GNA