The Israeli military has denied any involvement, saying it was unaware of any strikes in the area.
Iran held a mass funeral for 165 schoolgirls and staff who were killed on Saturday in Minab, a southern city, in what Iranian officials described as a U.S.-Israeli attack on a girls’ school.
The Israeli military has denied any involvement, saying it was unaware of any strikes in the area.
Israel has previously denied attacks on civilians during its military operations in Gaza, later acknowledging some incidents as “accidental” when evidence emerged.
Iranian state television on Tuesday showed thousands gathering in a public square in Minab. Men waved the Iranian flag while women, mostly dressed in black chadors, stood apart.
A woman, claiming to be the mother of a victim named Atena, held up a portrait calling it a “document of American crimes,” saying, “They died in the way of God.”
The crowd chanted slogans including “Death to America,” “Death to Israel,” and “No surrender.”
The attack occurred shortly after the U.S. and Israel announced joint strikes on Iran, marking the deadliest civilian incident in the ongoing conflict so far.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the U.S. and Israel of deliberately targeting the school, posting on X that “these are graves being dug for more than 160 innocent young girls, killed in the U.S.-Israeli bombing of a primary school.
Their bodies were torn to shreds.” He added, “From Gaza to Minab, innocents are being murdered in cold blood.”
Tehran has called for international action, highlighting that multiple hospitals and schools have been hit by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated that the attacks “continue to indiscriminately strike residential areas, sparing neither hospitals, schools, Red Crescent facilities, nor cultural monuments.”
The incident has drawn condemnation from UNESCO and Nobel Peace Prize-winning education activist Malala Yousafzai.
Under international humanitarian law, intentionally targeting schools, hospitals, or civilian structures constitutes a war crime.
When asked about the attack, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred the question to the Department of War, saying, “The Department of War would be investigating that if that was our strike.”
Join us on our WhatsApp Platform @KOIKIMEDIA NEWS YOUR PAGE
koikimedia Bringing the World 🌎 Closer to Your Doorstep