State media reported that the Shayareh Tayebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, was destroyed in an attack on Saturday during a joint US-Israeli bombing campaign. Neither the US nor Israel claimed responsibility or confirmed that the attack had taken place.
Iran blamed the US and Israel for the attack as the conflict spread across the Middle East. Iranian missiles hit targets in Dubai, Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend, while Israel launched fresh strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
At least 555 people have been killed in Iran since the start of US-Israeli attacks over the weekend, according to state media, citing the Iranian Red Crescent.
The US said it was investigating reports of an attack on the school, which UNESCO condemned as a "grave violation of humanitarian law".
How did the rocket attack happen?
Local authorities said the Shayareh Tayebeh Girls' Elementary School was hit by a missile in the attack in the southern Iranian city of Minab on Saturday. The attacks in the area began around 10:00 a.m. Iranian time.
The school was located just 60 meters from a nearby naval base belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Footage circulating on social media shows the building destroyed, with the remains of school books seen among the rubble.
Initial reports said five people were killed in the attack, with the death toll later rising to 85. By Saturday evening, officials said 108 students had been killed in the attack.
On Sunday evening, local prosecutors said the death toll had risen to 165, with another 95 injured, according to "Independent„.
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