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Omaha Steve

(109,263 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:12 AM Feb 28

Death toll in a strike on girls' school in southern Iran rises to 40, state media say

Source: AP

By JON GAMBRELL, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSH BOAK
Updated 5:39 AM CST, February 28, 2026
Leer en español

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll in an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran rises to at least 40, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

At least 45 others were wounded in the attack in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has a base in the city.

Neither the U.S. nor Israel has offered any details on the campaign so far.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c



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Death toll in a strike on girls' school in southern Iran rises to 40, state media say (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 28 OP
A girls' school. Of course. n/t ariadne0614 Feb 28 #1
I heard it was a baby milk factory FredGarvin Feb 28 #38
Shortly after 1pm ET, Rachel reported that it was a girls' school. ariadne0614 Feb 28 #55
Perhaps not surprising for the Hegseth military to miss targets. Lonestarblue Feb 28 #2
If you can't rape them, kill them? Marthe48 Feb 28 #3
Congrats to Trump and Bibi for making @ least a thousand more suicide bombers for Iran. Botany Feb 28 #4
Iran not Iraq LiberalArkie Feb 28 #5
Thanx! Botany Feb 28 #8
Yea, I know. Hard to keep up with who our wonderful godlike American emperors are attacking this week. LiberalArkie Feb 28 #21
Trump's Institute of Peace. Botany Feb 28 #31
I expected that a long time ago with the GOP's nature of projecting their intentions on others. LiberalArkie Feb 28 #48
Congress has the power to put a stop to this! 70sEraVet Feb 28 #6
Indeed. snot Feb 28 #46
If his inspiration Vladimir Putin can do it, Dave Id Feb 28 #7
Fits into all Trump's pathetic daddy issues PatSeg Feb 28 #17
Only Congress has the power to declare war perdita9 Feb 28 #9
Traitor Trash! enigmania Feb 28 #10
Our Congress has a meager majority of fascists stollen Feb 28 #13
This Congress has no power... MiHale Feb 28 #19
The Republicans refuse to use their power against "it". chowder66 Feb 28 #40
This is terribly sad, and this war will likely unite Iranians against the US dedl67 Feb 28 #11
Including opponents of the current Iranian regime. I suspect it won't be any different then what happened on 9/11, lostincalifornia Feb 28 #27
Hi Ivanka stollen Feb 28 #12
War is always taking out those who least deserve AllyCat Feb 28 #14
A war to end an election provocateur7 Feb 28 #15
Also on behalf of the $audis mahina Feb 28 #24
An attack on a girls' school... GiqueCee Feb 28 #16
Sorry, not sorry for language markie Feb 28 #18
Lots of videos of aftermath on socials and on non-US media Prairie Gates Feb 28 #20
This puts the validity of the FIFA Peace Prize in doubt. mn9driver Feb 28 #22
Noooooooo mahina Feb 28 #23
Murdered 40 girls in a school shooting Prairie Gates Feb 28 #25
Don't effing get mad at me for calling them.. CousinIT Feb 28 #26
Angry and sad. Figarosmom Feb 28 #28
The girls Clouds Passing Feb 28 #29
Had enough, America? Grim Chieftain Feb 28 #30
Approved by the Board of Peace. Marcuse Feb 28 #32
Bored of Peace is the correct DU pronunciation. Really true now Bengus81 Feb 28 #47
In a first, didn't take them before he killed them. Nt Gore1FL Feb 28 #33
Evil men will do evil things rhiannon55 Feb 28 #34
JFC, Monstrous, horrific, sadistic psychopaths. 58Sunliner Feb 28 #35
Schools and hospitals sounds familiar. Klarkashton Feb 28 #36
Post removed Post removed Feb 28 #37
That had better be sarcasm Jilly_in_VA Feb 28 #41
Post removed Post removed Feb 28 #42
LOL Skittles Feb 28 #49
Post removed Post removed Feb 28 #43
WAR CRIME!!! William Seger Feb 28 #39
Might give Trump ED for a couple of minutes ... nt Jarqui Feb 28 #44
Those poor little girls and their families! rhiannon55 Feb 28 #45
Had an uncomfortable evening, woke up feeling pretty ok. THEN, I remembered Iran. %@##&@!%$@#!!! electric_blue68 Feb 28 #50
War criming within the first 12 hours?????? WTF. The world will consider us the pariah we deserve to be. Dammit. Evolve Dammit Feb 28 #51
Bring the war home. The Grand Illuminist Feb 28 #52
What, did one of the girls tell Dopey Donnie "no" or something? flvegan Feb 28 #53
Is a General strike possible? purr-rat beauty Feb 28 #54
There is a IRGC military base next to the girls school. Mosby Feb 28 #56

Lonestarblue

(13,487 posts)
2. Perhaps not surprising for the Hegseth military to miss targets.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:20 AM
Feb 28

In Texas, they couldn't tell the difference between a party balloon and drone. Then they shot down a US drone used to spot drug trafficking along the border.

I'm sure Netanyahu is thrilled. He has now dragged the US into his war against Iran. If there were an international prize for starting wars and the illegal murders of people in small boats, Trump would win it easily.

Marthe48

(23,187 posts)
3. If you can't rape them, kill them?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:20 AM
Feb 28

Seems the response for the regime.

So sorry for the victims and their loved ones.

Botany

(77,354 posts)
4. Congrats to Trump and Bibi for making @ least a thousand more suicide bombers for Iran.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:26 AM
Feb 28

This is madness

LiberalArkie

(19,820 posts)
21. Yea, I know. Hard to keep up with who our wonderful godlike American emperors are attacking this week.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:27 AM
Feb 28

Botany

(77,354 posts)
31. Trump's Institute of Peace.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:52 AM
Feb 28

Attack Iran, attack Venezuela, bomb Syria, attack some African country on made up
Christians vs Muslims shit … sorry too many places ….. ICE kills 3 people in cold blood
2 in Minneapolis and 1 in Texas, drop off a blind man in Buffalo in the winter, get America
into Iran’s leadership issues, steal Venezuela’s oil @ gun point, sell that oil, and put that
money into some Middle Eastern bank under Don’s control, kill over 130 people from the
Caribbean or South America by blowing up their small boats, spread measles…. see Helen
Keller who went blind and deaf because of a now preventable childhood disease, stop a
treaty that stopped Iran from ever building a nuclear weapon and then attack Iran for not
following the treaty, be part of an international child sex trafficking ring, beat and arrest
American people for protesting against evil, dirty elections, drop USAID, Stephen Miller …..

LiberalArkie

(19,820 posts)
48. I expected that a long time ago with the GOP's nature of projecting their intentions on others.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:54 PM
Feb 28

Biden and Harris invading numerous countries - means, well everyone now knows his projection. We just have to believe him when they say it.

I do not believe that the invasion of Venezuela was about drugs or oil (except to stop the oil going to Cuba). Since Venzuela was a very large silver ore exporter that was usually refined in China, I think there was a vault raid planned for Venezuela like what happened in Baghdad at the start of that war. But the rumors are is that Maduro shipped their inventory to Switzerland and Shanghai way before the invasion.

Dave Id

(286 posts)
7. If his inspiration Vladimir Putin can do it,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:45 AM
Feb 28

why shouldn't Donald do the same to show Putie he's as big of a murdering asshole as he is?

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
17. Fits into all Trump's pathetic daddy issues
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:59 AM
Feb 28

Men with daddy issues can be very dangerous. They always have so much to prove and nothing will ever satisfy them.

perdita9

(1,352 posts)
9. Only Congress has the power to declare war
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:51 AM
Feb 28

Missile strikes in Iran, an embargo in Cuba, the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and first lady.

Republicans in Congress refuse to step up and honor the oath they swore to our Constitution. The proper term for these people is traitor trash.

stollen

(1,143 posts)
13. Our Congress has a meager majority of fascists
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:08 AM
Feb 28

So don’t anticipate any sane behavior from our torn up WH until perhaps Dec.

lostincalifornia

(5,366 posts)
27. Including opponents of the current Iranian regime. I suspect it won't be any different then what happened on 9/11,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 AM
Feb 28

where the American publican united after the attack.


provocateur7

(14 posts)
15. A war to end an election
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:39 AM
Feb 28

While murdering school girls and innocent civilians on behalf of Israel, Dear Leader will declare that every terrorist sleeper cell in the US and every Middle East terrorist state will awaken and wage war in the US. Terrorists will rig the vote and bomb polling places. An election cannot be held in such an unstable environment.
Or some such hogwash.
Iran is a nuclear threat in his small mind because of his own stupidity in withdrawing from the multinational treaty and failure to “obliterate” its facilities.

GiqueCee

(4,294 posts)
16. An attack on a girls' school...
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:46 AM
Feb 28

... Hegseth isn't about to be outdone by Nosferatu, Noem, and Homan, by cracky! He'll show 'em how malicious, evil depravity is done!

What fucking monsters.

markie

(24,017 posts)
18. Sorry, not sorry for language
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:59 AM
Feb 28

Fucking asshole trump and republicans. All of this is so wrong and terrible and sad

mn9driver

(4,848 posts)
22. This puts the validity of the FIFA Peace Prize in doubt.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:29 AM
Feb 28

Seriously though, fuck these criminally insane assholes.

mahina

(20,645 posts)
23. Noooooooo
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:30 AM
Feb 28

💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧

The Epstein Administration would of course murder girl children

CousinIT

(12,546 posts)
26. Don't effing get mad at me for calling them..
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:39 AM
Feb 28

...The American Taliban, when bombing a girl's school, is the first thing they do.

rhiannon55

(2,788 posts)
34. Evil men will do evil things
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:07 AM
Feb 28

Anything to stop the elections and to distract everyone once again from the fact that he’s a child rapist and child killer. And of course he bombs a girls school.

I’m old, but I hope I live to see him die in fucking jail.

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
41. That had better be sarcasm
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:34 PM
Feb 28

if you don't want to get alerted and/or banned. This is nothing to joke about.

Response to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #41)

Skittles

(171,745 posts)
49. LOL
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:05 PM
Feb 28

WE are not the ones to be waking up. ANYONE SUPPORTING OR EXCUSING THAT DEMENTED ORANGE FASCIST FUCK NEEDS TO WAKE UP. And I mean EVERYONE.

Response to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #41)

electric_blue68

(26,891 posts)
50. Had an uncomfortable evening, woke up feeling pretty ok. THEN, I remembered Iran. %@##&@!%$@#!!!
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:19 PM
Feb 28
Damn you; drumphf, Netanyahu !!!!

Evolve Dammit

(21,779 posts)
51. War criming within the first 12 hours?????? WTF. The world will consider us the pariah we deserve to be. Dammit.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:22 PM
Feb 28
 

Mosby

(19,491 posts)
56. There is a IRGC military base next to the girls school.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:40 PM
Feb 28

Seyyed al-Shohada corps. I believe they have surface to surface missle batteries at that base.

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