School blast in southern Iran kills at least 108 amid US and Israeli strikes
Mar 1st 2026
Iranian officials say a missile strike on a school in Minab killed 108 people during a wave of US and Israeli air strikes, with Tehran blaming the attackers while Washington and Tel Aviv have not confirmed the school hit.
- A local prosecutor says 108 people died when a school in Minab, Hormozgan province, was hit during the strikes.
- The Iranian Red Crescent reports at least 201 people killed and 747 injured across Iran in the air strikes.
- Iranian officials blamed the United States and Israel for the school attack, but neither country has confirmed targeting the site.
- Iranian authorities say the school was struck by three missiles and lies about 600 meters from an IRGC base.
- BBC-verified video shows smoke and crowds at the scene, but international reporters could not independently verify the death toll due to restricted access.
- US President Donald Trump said Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the initial strikes and Iranian state media later reported his death, according to available reports.