Between 150 and 160 children were killed in a school attack in southern Iran.

Up to 160 female students were killed in the city of Minab in southern Iran after the US and Israeli attacks on an elementary school, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Bagai said on February 28.

"During the Zionist regime's attack on a school in the city of Minab, 150-160 of our girls were killed, and this is a big crime," ISNA quoted him as saying.

Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian called the strike an "act of inhumanity," she said.Газета.Ru ".

The Middle East beyond the border: Israel strikes Iran

Israel launches a series of attacks on military and nuclear facilities, Tehran is preparing a response

The attack on the elementary school for girls became known on the same day. It is known that 170 children studied at the educational institution. Iran blamed the United States for the attacks on its territory, which, in turn, according to the Politico newspaper, used Tomahawk missiles.

On the morning of February 28, Israel launched a preemptive strike on facilities in Iran. The operation was called "Lion's Roar." Later, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recorded rocket launches from Iran, directed towards the country. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, part of the Iranian Armed Forces) has launched a large-scale retaliatory operation against Israel.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.