Iran says a girls' school was hit by a deadly air strike. Here's what we know.
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Iranian officials say more than 170 people were killed in the strike. Neither the U.S. nor Israel has said it was behind the attack, but the Pentagon is investigating.
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World Iran says a girls' school was hit by a deadly air strike. Here's what we know. March 4, 2026 / 12:10 PM EST / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Mourners gathered in the Iranian city of Minab on Tuesday for the funerals of victims of what Iranian authorities say was an air strike at a school they have blamed on Israel and the U.S. Neither the U.S. nor Israel has said it was behind the strike. An Israeli military spokesman told CBS News they had not "found any connection to our operations." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Pentagon was investigating. Iranian authorities said the explosion in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, took place on the first day of the war on Saturday and is the largest single loss of civilian life so far reported in the conflict. Iranian health officials and state media say as many as 175 people were killed, most of them schoolgirls between the ages of 7 and 12 years old. Journalists from international news organizations have not had unfettered access to the location to independently verify the toll or the circumstances. Iranian authorities have to give explicit approval to foreign media organizations wishing to report outside Tehran. Here is what we know so far: Footage of alleged incident Footage filmed from a parking lot showed black smoke billowing from a damaged building adorned with murals featuring drawings of crayons, children and an apple. CBS News has geolocated the clip to a building in Minab. Iranian media identified the building as the Shajre Tayyiba Preschool or "a girls' elementary school." Saturdays are regular school days in Iran. CBS News has also confirmed the building was located in close proximity to two sites controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including the IRGC Seyyed Al-Shohada Barracks . The Shahid Absalan clinic, under the supervision of the IRGC navy's medical command, lies 780 feet from the site, Agence France-Presse reported. AFP could ...
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