Tehran, Feb. 28 -- At least 85 people, including children, reportedly died after a missile hit a girls' school in southern Iran on Saturday, during the US-Israel strikes on the country.
According to media reports, the missile hit the school in Minab in Hormozgan province. The city is home to a base of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
"The number of martyrs at the girls' school in Minab has increased to 85," the Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website quoted the area's prosecutor's office as saying.
Reacting to the development, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said: "The destroyed building is a primary school for girls in the south of Iran. It was bombed in broad daylight, when packed with young pupils. Dozens of innocent children have been murdered at this site alone. These crimes against the Iranian people will not go unanswered."
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