US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 153 girls killed in strike on school

Eyewitness tells MEE girls aged between seven and 12 seen lying dead across their school

Video posted on pro-government Telegram accounts shows Iranians searching through a destroyed school in Minab (Telegram)

By MEE correspondent in Tehran

Published date: 28 February 2026 11:21 GMT|Last update: 15 hours 17 mins ago

At least 153 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in southern Iran, according to the city’s governor.

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

The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran’s Tasnim and Fars news agencies.

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.

Through tears, she said she used to watch the young girls playing at school every day. After today’s strikes, however, she saw their bodies lying on classroom benches and in different corners of the school.

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