Tehran, Feb. 28 -- The death toll from a strike on a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, has risen to 40, with another 48 injured, Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday. The previous toll had stood at 24. The fatalities marked the first confirmed deaths in Iran following the ongoing US-Israel military operation.
The girls' school in Hormozgan Province was hit amid a series of airstrikes first reported in Tehran and later across the country. Minab also hosts a base of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).
Following the attacks, US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to "seize control of your destiny" and rise against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed...