Tehran, March 6 -- The Iranian government confirmed on Friday that more than 170 students of an elementary school were killed in the US-Israeli bombing on February 28, saying children account for about 30 per cent of the people killed in the war so far.
''In their heinous crimes, the US-Israeli aggressors bombarded an elementary school in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, which resulted in the killing of more than 170 students,'' Iranian government spokeswoman, Fatemeh Mohajenai, said.
She said children and young adults account for about 30 per cent of the people killed in the Israeli-US bombing.
She, however, did not give the number of those killed or injured in the nearly week-long war so far.
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