Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has reported that at least 40 people were killed after an Israeli strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab in the southern Hormozgan province.

This is a developing story. I’ve provided some micro-updates in the comments, focusing on the verification of the story.

I recommend this Middle East Eye, and this Guardian article for more on this story.

    • adhd_traco@piefed.socialOP
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      Friend…

      screenshot of a duckduckgo search for "iran girls school death toll", showing various media reporting on the killings.

      I don’t wanna put skepticism down like this, and saying that pretty much every news org is gonna take that statement right now is understandably not enough sometimes… Maybe somebody can articulate this better why it’s nonsense not to roughly believe this right now.

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        Those are still all just quoting Iranian state media. I’m not saying it didn’t happen, I’m just saying there is no independent confirmation, as far as I’m aware.

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          Yeah, that’s what I meant by

          and saying that pretty much every news org is gonna take that statement right now is understandably not enough sometimes

          Sorry, I can’t express what’s on my mind right now. I guess we can talk about this again once the situation there is more or less independently verified. :)

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            Gonna micro-update here.

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            Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall said of the attack on the girls’ school, “There are new reports confirming the number of people killed in that strike has now gone above 40. […]"

            Edit: top-level post got deleted, for anyone subscribing to updates, moved to here: https://piefed.social/comment/10332190