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Iran horror as ‘not less than 51 schoolgirls lifeless’ in large US-Israel strike

The US and Israel have launched strikes throughout Iran.

A strike in Tehran (Picture: Getty)

Iran has claimed greater than 50 schoolgirls died in an Israeli-US strike on a college as explosions rocked cities throughout the nation. The state-run IRNA information company reported the strike occurred in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has a base within the metropolis. Preliminary studies indicated the loss of life toll was 51, however the determine later rose to 57.

Sixty ladies had been reported to have been injured within the Minab strike, which destroyed an elementary college within the metropolis. The deaths had been the primary confirmed fatalities of the army operation launched by the US and Israel on Saturday (February 28). The primary strike appeared to have occurred close to the places of work of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump stated in a video posted on social media that america had begun “main fight operations in Iran”. He claimed the Islamic Republic continued to develop its nuclear program and deliberate to develop missiles to able to reaching his nation.

Iranian media reported nationwide strikes, with smoke seen billowing from the capital, Tehran. The Islamic Republic launched a collection of retaliatory strikes on surrounding international locations, together with Israel and Bahrain.

US army websites had been additionally focused, together with the headquarters of the US Navy’s fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. Witnesses reported listening to sirens and explosions in Kuwait, which is house to US Military Central.

Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen vowed to renew assaults on Pink Sea delivery routes in addition to on Israel, in response to two senior Houthi officers.

Mr Trump additionally known as on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to put down its arms, pledging members can be given immunity, whereas warning they’d face “sure loss of life” in the event that they didn’t.

He had threatened army motion earlier than, ostensibly over Iran’s current crackdown on protests spurred by financial grievances. These advanced right into a nationwide, anti-government push in opposition to Iran’s ruling clerics.

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