Iran horror as ‘at least 51 schoolgirls dead’ in huge US-Israel strike | World | News
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Iran claimed that more than 50 female students died in the Israeli attack.WE While explosions shook cities across the country, a strike was held in a school. The state-run IRNA news agency reported that the strike took place in Minab. IranianHormozgan province of. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has a base in the city. While initial reports stated that the death toll was 51, this figure later increased to 57.
It was reported that 60 girls were injured in the Minab attack, in which a primary school in the city was destroyed. The deaths were the first confirmed deaths. military operation It was launched by the USA and Israel on Saturday, February 28. The first attack appears to have occurred near the offices of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Previously President of the United States Donald Trump In a video posted on social media, he said the United States had begun “major combat operations in Iran.” He claimed that the Islamic Republic continues to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles that can reach his country.
Iranian media reported that there were strikes across the country and smoke rising from the capital Tehran. The Islamic Republic launched a series of retaliatory attacks on surrounding countries, including Israel and Bahrain.
US military facilities were also targeted, including the US Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. Witnesses reported hearing sirens and explosions in Kuwait, where the US Army Headquarters is located.
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have vowed to continue attacks against Israel as well as Red Sea shipping routes, according to two senior Houthi officials.
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Iran launched attacks on targets in Bahrain, Qatar and Israel, among others (Image: Getty)
Targets in the Israeli operation included the Iranian military, government symbols and intelligence targets, according to an official with knowledge of the operation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic information about the attack.
Mr. Trump acknowledged the possibility of U.S. casualties while announcing the attack in a video posted on social media. “This often happens in war,” he said.
It was a call for Americans to brace themselves from a U.S. leader who took office on an “America First” platform and vowed to steer clear of the “endless wars” that bogged down his predecessors. He was particularly critical of George W. Bush’s war in Iraq.
The US President’s statement showed that the US was striking for reasons far beyond Iran’s nuclear program.
He listed grievances dating back to the beginning of the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution that transformed Iran from one of the United States’ closest allies in the Middle East to a mortal enemy.
The US president said he aims to “destroy” Iran’s navy and destroy regional proxies backed by Tehran.
Mr. Trump also called on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to lay down their weapons, promising members would be granted immunity and warning they would face “certain death” if they did not.
He had previously threatened military action, ostensibly over Iran’s recent crackdown on protests sparked by economic woes. These escalated into a nationwide anti-government crackdown against Iran’s ruling clergy.
