The deaths followed an attack on a girls’ primary school in Minab, in which more than 160 people lost their lives.
At least two children were killed in the strike on a residential area in Tehran’s Qods suburb, local officials said. An attack on a girls’ primary school in Minab on the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran resulted in over 160 people losing their lives.
At least 17 people were injured in the bomb attack in the Quads, a statement from Tehran province’s emergency services said on Friday. Ten of the injured are women and have been admitted to hospital.
Emergency services have condemned the strike “Inhuman act” And “Crime Against Civilians” But he did not name the party responsible for it.
Iranian state TV reported several explosions across the capital on Friday, saying the missiles hit not far from an area in the center of the city where a major pro-government rally was being held.
High-ranking Iranian officials, including Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani and Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammad Eslami, reportedly participated in the demonstration on Quds Day, marked on the last Friday of Ramadan, to support the Palestinian cause.
On February 28, at least 175 people, almost all of them children, were killed in an attack on the Shazara Tayebe girls’ school in the coastal city of Minab in southeastern Iran.
Tehran blamed the US and Israel “A war crime.” An Israeli military spokesman denied any involvement, but officials in Washington insisted that the US military does not target civilians. US President Donald Trump said the school was hit by Iran “Because they are very inaccurate with their ammunition.”
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However, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing American military officials, that an ongoing investigation has found the US primarily responsible for the deadly strike in Minab.
Investigators believe US Central Command relied on outdated targeting data from the Defense Intelligence Agency, which classified the school building as part of a military compound that was converted to an educational institution a decade ago, sources said.
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