What happens when a place meant for learning turns into a scene of mourning?
In southern Iran, grief has taken over the city of Minab.
Funerals were held for students and staff killed in what Iranian officials describe as a strike by the United States and Israel.
The reported death toll? More than 160. But that number remains unverified.
The target? A girls’ school—just 600 meters from a base linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Crowds filled the streets. Coffins draped in national flags. Parents grieving daughters who had simply gone to class.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called it a “barbaric act,” while Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi shared haunting images of freshly dug graves.
Strike Investigation Uncertainty
But was the school the intended target?
Washington pushed back. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted, “The US would not deliberately target a school.”
The military says it’s investigating. Israel says it wasn’t even operating there.
So what really happened? A tragic mistake—or something more complicated?
In modern warfare, the truth is often the first casualty.
