The death toll from a joint Israeli-US airstrike on a girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, has risen to at least 40, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. At least 45 others were wounded in the attack, making it one of the deadliest reported civilian incidents in the ongoing escalation.
The strike targeted an elementary or girls’ school in Minab, a city where Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) maintains a military base. Iranian state media described the facility as a civilian educational institution, with casualties including students and possibly staff. Initial reports from IRNA and other outlets like Fars News cited lower figures (starting at 5 killed, rising to 24 students in some updates), but the toll has climbed sharply to 40 dead as rescue efforts continue and more details emerge.
Neither the United States nor Israel has provided official details or confirmed the strike on the school, amid a broader campaign of major combat operations announced by President Donald Trump.