Death toll from US-Israel massacre in southern Iran girls' school rises to 115
The death toll in a US-Israeli strike on a girls school in southern Iran has risen to 115, Iran's state-run FARSNA has reported
28 February, 2026 23:26 PM
Videos circulating online showed extensive destruction to the school building
The death toll from an attack Saturday on a school in Iran's south has risen to 115, according to state-affiliated Farsna, after the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic republic.
Previously, the Iranian Red Crescent said the death toll from a strike on Saturday that hit a school in the country's south had risen to 108.
"The number of student martyrs at Minab School has reached 108, and relief and debris removal operations are still ongoing," a spokesperson for the organisation said.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a CENTCOM spokesperson was quoted by The New York Times as saying: "We are aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them.
"The protection of civilians is of utmost importance, and we will continue to take all precautions available to minimise the risk of unintended harm."
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said "this barbaric act is another black page in the record of countless crimes committed by the aggressors".
The Iranian Red Crescent said on Saturday evening that at least 201 people had been killed and 747 injured in the attacks.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency had earlier reported that a girls' primary school in the province was attacked, while videos circulating online showed extensive destruction to the school building.
Reports indicated that approximately 170 students were inside the school at the time of the strike.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei also spoke about the deadly attack on the school.
Hormozgan Province hosts several Iranian naval bases.
The death toll from the US missile strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, has risen to 108, the Minab prosecutor confirmed on February 28, according to Eghtesad Online.
The confirmation by a judicial official represents the first formal legal authority to put a figure on the casualties, upgrading the earlier toll of at least 80 reported by IRNA and verified by IntelliNews and Persian fact-checking service Factnameh.
Dozens more children remained unaccounted for at the time of the earlier reports, suggesting the final toll could rise further.
According to a video released earlier in the day, showing the immediate aftermath of the strike, smoke rises from the burnt-out walls, and debris lies spread across the road. Families can be seen screaming for their children, in what could be potentially classed as a war crime, hitting a primary school.
The school is located adjacent to a Revolutionary Guards barracks in Minab, a city in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, with the US missiles likely hitting the wrong target.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council had ordered all schools and universities closed until further notice earlier in the day, as US and Israeli strikes continued across Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities.
At least 85 killed in Israeli strike on girls’ school in southern Iran
Iran termed the strikes a violation of sovereignty, vowed to respond and launched retaliatory strikes.
At least 85 people, including students, were killed after Israeli strikes targeted a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province on Saturday, Feb. 28, according to Iranian officials.
Footage from the aftermath of the attack was released by the Iran Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, showing the destroyed school building and smoke rising at the site.
The US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early Saturday, claiming it was meant to remove “threats” posed by the Iranian “regime.” Separate video statements were released by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, which also hinted at supporting efforts for a change in government in Tehran.
Iran termed the strikes a violation of sovereignty, vowed to respond and launched retaliatory strikes.
The developments came as Oman was mediating talks between Washington and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program, and the latest round was held in Geneva on Thursday.
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