US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says

At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported strike.

Issued on: 28/02/2026 
By: FRANCE 24

US-Israeli air strikes killed at least 85 people at a girls’ school in southern Iran, Iran's judiciary said. The state-run IRNA news agency reported the strike happened in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has a base in the city. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported strike.

The above image grab was taken from Iranian state television broadcast on February 28, 2026, and shows what it says is the site of deadly US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan. © Alex Mita, IRIB TV via AFP ASIA / PACIFIC

The US and Israel launched an attack early Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose whereabouts remain unknown. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was also targeted.

Iranian media reported strikes nationwide and smoke could be seen rising from the capital.

US President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the US had begun “major combat operations in Iran”.

Iran responded to the bombing campaign by launching retaliatory missile strikes at US military bases in the Middle East.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP and AP)